News, reports, photos / videos on military actions in Karabakh for October 7, 2020

“As a result of the shelling of Azerbaijani settlements by the Armenian armed forces since September 27, 30 civilians have died, and another 143 people have received bodily injuries of varying degrees,” the press service of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

66 civilian objects and 427 residential buildings have become unusable as a result of shelling, the report says.

The Mnatsakanyan-Lavrov meeting will take place on October 12, confirmed the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan.
Earlier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said that negotiations on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh will be held on October 8 and 12 in Geneva and Moscow. According to him, the purpose of the talks is to try to convince the conflicting parties to agree on a ceasefire.

“During the previous period, battles continued along the entire front line. Our army is advancing in different directions in order to expand its achievements, new strongholds have been liberated, ”said Anar Eyvazov, press secretary of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

President of Azerbaijan, commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces, Ilham Aliyev, held a meeting at the central command post of the Ministry of Defense.

The meeting was attended by Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, other leaders of the ministry, as well as commanders of formations located on the front line.

On October 8, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will pay a visit to Geneva to attend a meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and bring to their attention the position of Azerbaijan.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the talks would take place on October 8 in Geneva and October 12 in Moscow.
“We are in daily contact with each other [France, Russia, the United States – co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Karabakh settlement]. This has not been successful at the moment. Tomorrow there will be meetings in Geneva, and then other meetings on Monday in Moscow, ”the minister said to Reuters.
However, the press secretary of the RA MFA Anna Naghdalyan, when asked by Armenpress to comment on the situation, stated that a bilateral meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan is not planned at the moment.

The information of the representative of the Armenian Defense Ministry on the return of the positions lost by the Armenian army does not correspond to reality, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

During the hearings in the European Parliament on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the head of the EU’s foreign policy service, Josep Borrell, said that in the conditions of the escalation of the conflict, it is possible that regional players will be drawn into it.
“This can seriously undermine the stability of the region. I discussed this situation with the Russian Foreign Minister, I also discussed this situation with the Turkish Foreign Minister – two key regional players, stressing the need for regional powers to refrain from rhetoric and actions that could fuel a conflict. ”
Here are the main points that were made during the session:
– If the only thing that connects Azerbaijan with the EU is oil and gas pipelines, then they need to be abandoned.
– If the EU is a structure that, like the CSTO [military bloc under the leadership of Russia, of which Armenia is a member], should only call, and not use force, then I doubt this structure.
– Russia is not able to resolve this conflict, we must do it.
– Turkey is a country that denies history, denies the Armenian genocide, we must stop this aggressor before it is too late.
– We must do more than just call, we must impose serious sanctions, deprive the aggressor countries of subsidies.
– Turkey not only cannot join the EU, but must also be deprived of NATO membership.
– The use of cluster bombs is unacceptable and punishable.
– Prohibit any sale of arms and weapons to Turkey.
– The people of Nagorno-Karabakh must realize their international right to self-determination.

Shushan Stepanyan, press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, announced the improvement of the positions of the Defense Army in Karabakh. She reports that as a result of the counterattack in the northern direction, the Varangatag (Lulasaz) height was returned.
“Currently, hostilities in the zone of the Artsakh-Azerbaijani conflict continue,” Stepanyan writes on his Facebook page.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has released a video from the Sheibey village of the Jabrayil region, which came under the control of the Azerbaijani army as a result of the fighting.

President Ilham Aliyev published information about the capture of the village by the Azerbaijani army on October 3 on his Twitter.

“As a result of the shelling of Azerbaijani settlements by the Armenian armed forces since September 27, 28 civilians have died, and another 144 people have received bodily injuries of varying degrees,” the press service of the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office reported.

66 civilian objects and 427 residential buildings have become unusable as a result of shelling, the report says.

“The events in Karabakh are a tragedy, we are very worried, because Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are territories where people are not strangers to us,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin called for a ceasefire in Karabakh as soon as possible and commented on Russia’s allied commitments to Armenia. According to Putin, Russia is ready to fulfill them, but the Armenian leadership has yet “no demands Russia fulfill its allied obligations.”

“The Armenian armed forces are shelling the villages of Terter, Barda, Agdam, Agjabedi, Fizuli and Jabrayil regions. Adequate measures are being taken by the Azerbaijani army, ”the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

On the night of October 6, battles continued along the entire front, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.

“Our troops fought in various directions of the front, building on the achievements of the past. Mutual artillery attacks were recorded,” the message says.

Karabakh, day 11

• On the Armenian side, since the beginning of the fighting on September 27, more than 250 soldiers have been killed.  This is what the Armenian media report citing the Karabakh Defense Army.  The number of wounded has not been specified.  How many Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed has not been reported.  Experts suggest that there are many dead, given the intensity of the fighting, which has been going on for the 11th day.

• Among civilians on the Azerbaijani side, according to preliminary data, a total of 28 people have been killed, 143 were injured.  On the Armenian side, 19 civilians were killed and about 80 were wounded.

• Baku said that the Azerbaijani army took control of the city of Jabrayil and 25 villages in the regions adjacent to Karabakh, which have been under the control of the Karabakh authorities since the Karabakh conflict in the early 1990s.

• Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan went to Karabakh “to discuss the operational situation on the front line and the upcoming actions of the armed forces.”

• Azerbaijan announced that it is opening humanitarian corridors for the Armenian population of Karabakh and those Armenian servicemen who are ready to surrender voluntarily.

• The special services of Azerbaijan announced the interception of radio communications of mercenaries fighting on the Armenian side.  Prior to that, the same information was disseminated by the special services of Armenia, but about mercenaries fighting on the Azerbaijani side.

• The President of Karabakh called “to form an international anti-terrorist coalition in order to […] prevent Turkey’s plans to turn Azerbaijan into a den of terrorism in the South Caucasus.”

• The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan called a fake message from the Karabakh Defense Army on October 6 that they “lured into a trap” an Azerbaijani detachment, creating an imitation of retreat.

• The President of Azerbaijan met in Baku with the Foreign Minister of Turkey.  Mevlut Cavusoglu said that he came to Azerbaijan “to demonstrate to the whole world the support that Turkey provides to its native Azerbaijan.”

• The European Court of Human Rights upheld the appeal of the Government of Armenia against Turkey in connection with violations of the rights of the civilian population provided for by the European Convention.

• The President of Iran called the President of Azerbaijan.  Prior to that, Iran warned the parties to the Karabakh conflict about the consequences if shells fall on its territory again.  Ilham Aliyev said in a conversation that the problem will be resolved after “a part of the occupied territory of the state border of Iran and Azerbaijan […] is completely liberated and Azerbaijani border guards will serve there.”

• News, reports, photos / videos on military operations in Karabakh for October 6, 2020