News - Fourth President of Armenia: One day, all of us will recognise the cost of indifference

What is unfolding in Artsakh before our eyes is a tragedy for the entire Armenian nation. It is a tragedy for humanity, too. Armen Sarkissian, Fourth President of Armenia, wrote this in Facebook his account. “One day, all of us will recognise the cost of indifference. Today, our hearts are filled with sorrow, and my thoughts are only, and only, with the people of Artsakh—its families, its elderly, its children and its soldiers,” 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.