News - Jean-Christophe Buisson: Not sure that by the UN Security Council meeting, the Defense of Artsakh will hold up

Not sure that by tomorrow and the UN Security Council meeting, the Defense of Artsakh will hold up, despite its heroism, in the face of Azeri firepower. Jean-Christophe Buisson, deputy director of the French periodical La Figaro, wrote this on his X (former Twitter) account. “If France, EU and others do not sanction Aliev and threaten him IMMEDIATELY, there will be ethnic cleansing,” he wrote.  He also wrote that the Armenian people, predominantly Catholic, are being massacred by the Azeris. Thousands of Armenian villagers from the districts of Martuni, Askeran and Martakert are evacuating their villages this morning that were bombed or stormed by the Azeris. “Ethnic cleansing is underway,” he wrote. As previously reported by NEWS.am, Azerbaijan's Armed Forces initiated artillery fire along the entire line of contact in Nagorno Karabakh on September 19, starting at 1 p.m., in an attempt to breach the defense line of the Nagorno Karabakh Defense Forces. Presently, Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno Karabakh, and other settlements are enduring heavy shelling. Gegham Stepanyan, the Human Rights Defender of Nagorno Karabakh, has documented multiple casualties and injuries among civilians, including children. As of September 20, fighting continues along the contact line of Nagorno Karabakh with varying degrees of intensity. Units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces are employing various weapons not only to maintain their positional advance but also to target civilian infrastructure. As of 03:00, September 20, according to the information received by the Office of the Human Rights Defender, the number of civilian casualties in Artsakh as a result of Azerbaijani aggression has reached 7, including 3 women, 2 children, and 2 men. There are also 35 injured civilians: 13 children, 15 women and 7 men.