Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan today held a working meeting with Human Rights Defender Arman Tatoyan. As reported the Public Relations and Communication Department of the National Assembly of Armenia, Tatoyan presented the results of the efforts to find facts regarding the shelling of the Berd, Chinari, Aygepar, Nerkin Karmiraghbyur and several other civilian settlements of Tavush Province by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

Tatoyan particularly stated that the fact-finding efforts helped identify reliable data according to which the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had shelled the peaceful settlements of Armenia in a way that was clearly dangerous for the life and health of the civilian population. The fact-finding efforts also attest to gross violations of the norms of international humanitarian law (the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled the textile factory at a working hour, a textile factory that products face masks designed for the prevention of the spread of the novel coronavirus, the shelling in Chinari was in the direction of a village school).

Tatoyan also stated that the reliable data obtained from the primary source and the results of necessary studies will be sent to international organizations and the relevant state and public human rights organizations in Armenia.

Mirzoyan attached importance to these data and underlined the urgency of protection of the civilian population. He stated that he has been following the events since the very first day of the shelling in the direction of Tavush Province and that parliamentarians have been analyzing the data and ensuring contact with local and international partners.

Once again, the parliamentary speaker condemned the Azerbaijani Armed Forces’ targeting of the civilian population and civilian infrastructures and the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan to launch a missile strike at the Metsamor Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.