YEREVAN. – An Armenian politician who started a hunger strike near the OSCE office spent the night on the same place.

Davit Sanasaryan, member “Barev [Hello], Yerevan” faction at the capital city Yerevan Council, is going to continue his hunger strike, he told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Sanasaryan said he feels good and will continue action till the OSCE office takes some action. 

The politician started a hunger strike as a sign of protest to uncover the causes of the Armenian helicopter’s shooting at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan zone of contact.

The Azerbaijani armed forces violated the ceasefire and shot down an NKR Air Force helicopter on November 12. The chopper was downed during a training flight, and it crashed nearby the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact. As a result, three pilots are believed to have been killed: the commander of the helicopter, Major Sergey Sahakyan, the Senior Lieutenant Sargis Nazaryan, and the Lieutenant Azat Sahakyan. Information was disseminated some time thereafter, however, that a member of the helicopter crew may still be alive. The adversary, on the other hand, continues to fire intensive shots toward the crash site, thus, not allowing access to the area.