Armenian News - NEWS.am presents the latest news on the Nagorno-Karabakh clashes as of 28.10.2020:
MEDIATION EFFORTS
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Thanks to Russia's mediation efforts and the participation of the ICRC and the field team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, the bodies of 29 Armenian servicemen fallen during the hostilities were handed over Thursday to the Armenian side.
One civilian was returned to Armenia through the efforts of the ICRC.
In its turn, the Armenian side, adhering to the agreements reached within the humanitarian ceasefire, once again expresses readiness to hand over to the Azerbaijani side the bodies of Azerbaijani servicemen located in the territory of Artsakh and start the process of retrieval of bodies from the intermediate section.
SITUATION IN GENERAL
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Intense fighting continued Thursday in different directions of the front line in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Since the morning of October 29, the most fierce battles have been taking place in the area of the villages of Avetaranots, Skhnakh, and Aknakhbyur of the Askeran region. Azerbaijan has great losses in manpower. The Karabakh Defense Army shot down another Turkish-made Bayraktar attack drone.
STEPANAKERT ATTACKED
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In the middle of the night, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakert, was attacked 5 times. A residential building was destroyed, a neighboring building completely collapsed. The owner of the house and the neighbor were injured, they were taken to the hospital.
In the morning, Shushi, Martakert, Askeran and Martuni were also shelled. Moreover, Martakert was bombed by the Azerbaijani military aircraft, there are wounded among the civilian population, and numerous destruction.
DEATH TOLL
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The Karabakh Defense Army has published a new list of servicemen and reservists who died in battles while repelling Azerbaijani aggression. Thus, the total number of combat losses has exceeded over 1,100.
MEETING PUT OFF
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The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Jeyhun Bayramov and Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, which was to take place Thursday in Geneva, has been postponed. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing diplomatic sources in Baku, Sputnik-Armenia reported.
"The meeting that was supposed to take place today has been postponed and will take place tomorrow," the news agency's interlocutor said.
ARMENIANS STABBED
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Armenians were attacked during a peaceful demonstration in Fresno, California, USA, and two of them were stabbed as a result, reported the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of Armenia.
Police have launched an investigation.
This is not the first time that Azerbaijan and Turkey have transferred the current Nagorno-Karabakh war to third countries and launched a campaign of provocative actions.
Yesterday, Turks have attacked - with hammers and knives - Armenians during their peaceful demonstration in France. As a result, more than ten people—including a child—were injured.
Later, Hundreds of Turks took to the streets in Lyon, France, during curfew at Wednesday night, searching for Armenian business premises to destroy them.
And at night, according to the police, a Turkish group of around 150 people was shouting threats in the streets of Lyon against Armenians, shouting, "Allahu Akbar" and "Where are the Armenians?"
MFA STATEMENT
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia made a statement in connection with the inhuman shelling of peaceful cities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
From the second half of October 28 and until now, Stepanakert, Shushi, and Martakert have been under continuous fire. Stepanakert and Martakert are subject to the most intense bombing raids, which led to massive damage and destruction of infrastructure. Hospitals and other healthcare infrastructures have been targeted amid the pandemic. There are numerous casualties and injuries.
Continuing the genocide and evading responsibility, Azerbaijan simultaneously launched a campaign based on falsification to mislead the international community. The policy of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing is doomed to failure and will face determined resistance by all means necessary for self-defense, the statement said.
