News - Artak Beglaryan: Artsakh authorities should make decisions very quickly and boldly

The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh must make decisions very quickly and boldly and publicly present them to the people, no matter how difficult they are, and the people must understand this surgical step arising from the situation. Artak Beglaryan, the former state minister of Artsakh, wrote about this on his Facebook page. "The bloody genocide that is going on at this moment should be stopped a minute ago, because the number of victims and wounded is increasing rapidly, and the advancement and success of the Azerbaijani army in different directions is developing. Time is working against us, because it is obvious that no international actors, including the Russian and American parties, want to stop the war. It is indisputable to me that the Russian Federation, the USA and the EU criminally fully support the Azeri agenda to subjugate the people of Artsakh. In such difficult geopolitical conditions and in such an extremely unequal war, our heroic boys simply cannot provide a significant result, only at the cost of their courage and lives. We have remained completely besieged and alone, even Mother Armenia has abandoned Artsakh in this struggle. In such an obvious impasse, the main priority should be to save human lives, and the rest of the issues related to the future of Artsakh should be discussed after the ceasefire, to the extent possible, with possible international guarantees. It is very difficult for me to write such a text, but we are obliged to tell the truth for the sake of the people of Artsakh and the future of the fragments of the homeland, even if it is obscured. Every struggle must have a certain visible perspective, especially when thousands of human lives are on the other side of the scale. Be strong, people. The time will come, we will rise. P.S. Let no one, especially outside of Artsakh, try to give me patriotism lessons, detached from this harsh reality, only a small part of which is visible from the outside," 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.