❗️Around 5:00, the ambulance of the Stepanakert's morgue, which was sent to the Martakert region in order to transport 8 bodies to the capital, was fired at by the Azerbaijani armed forces. The driver of the ambulance got injured and is currently not able to evacuate the bodies to Stepanakert. [Gegham Stepanyan]

‼️ The fighting along the contact line continued with varying intensity.

🔸 The Azerbaijani Armed Forces, opening fire from various types of weapons, continued the operations of positional advancement, also targeting the civilian infrastructure.

[Artsakh MoD]

❗️ Subjecting the entire country to illegal siege and using starvation as a method of warfare, Azerbaijan has decided to resort to force being sure it will not meet any opposition from the international community.

📌 The Azerbaijani authorities have been preparing grounds for this military offensive for the recents weeks by openly and falsely accusing Artsakh and Armenia in military provocations. Whereas, it is to be highlighted that none of those falsifications have been proved by the reports of the Russian Peacekeeping contingent.

📌 The Republic of Artsakh demands from the international community to take all appropriate measures to immediately stop continuation of the Azerbaijani military aggression and ensure safety of the population.

[Artsakh MFA]

⚖️🇦🇿 The Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters has informed the International Court of Justice about the large scale aggression by Azerbaijan towards the people of Nagorno Karabakh as well as the consequences and the risk of irreparable harm.

🚖 Russian peacekeepers tried to take women and children out of Artsakh through the Lachin corridor, but the Azerbaijanis started shooting at the peacekeepers' cars.

🇩🇪German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

🇨🇦Canada calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, and also calls on Azerbaijan to reopen the humanitarian corridor to the region.

🇯🇵Japan expresses concern over the recent deterioration of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and urges an immediate end to aggression, calls on Azerbaijan to cease hostilities.

🇧🇷Brazil is following the humanitarian situation and continues to believe that the best option for achieving a lasting solution is peace negotiations.

Stepanakert this morning.

Video was posted by Siranush Sargsyan

🇦🇲🇪🇺 Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan held a meeting with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

🗣️ "In sidelines of UN General Assembly had meeting with Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Spoke about Azerbaijani intentions in Nagorno-Karabakh which go against fundamental norms of international law and are clrealy aimed at depriving people of Nagorno-Karabakh of their homeland. International partners, including EU should take urgent action to prevent," Mirzoyan wrote on X.

❗️The numbers of deaths & injuries are quickly growing up. [Artak Beglaryan, former state minister of Artsakh]

‼️ The President of Artsakh has convened an expanded session of the Security Council.

🔸 The President noted that the reaction of international actors to the current situation in Artsakh and its overcoming is inadequate, and no practical steps are being taken, on the basis of which Artsakh will be forced to take appropriate steps to ensure the physical security of the population as a priority.

📌 Former presidents of Artsakh also took part in the session of the Security Council.

[Office of the President of the Republic of Artsakh]

🔸In the vicinity of Stepanakert, in addition to the sounds of artillery shells, small arms shots are also heard, indicating nearby battles, the correspondent of Hetq reports from Stepanakert.

🔸According to the correspondent, the sounds of shooting stopped around 6-7 am, but from 8 am, the Azerbaijani armed forces began intensive shooting.

📣 At this moment in time, it is imperative that powerful leaders and states stand up to Azerbaijan and demonstrate clearly that any further aggression against Armenians will not be tolerated and will be met with all available options within the genocide prevention toolbox. Failure to do so will result in these leaders and states being responsible for complicity in genocide.

❗️Failure to stand up to Azerbaijan could also result in an escalation that leads not only to the total destruction of the Armenians of Artsakh but also to a wider war in the region as Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey pursue territorial ambitions in southern Armenia and northern Iran.
[Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention]

🏥 Yesterday, the Red Cross delivered the necessary medical supplies to two hospitals in Artsakh.

❗️As a result of shelling in Artsakh, there are currently 32 casualties, more than 200 wounded, including 7 dead (2 children) and 35 wounded (13 children) among the civilian population, the human rights defender of Armenia reports.

🗣️ "The priority is to save the civilian population. Indirect discussions are underway with the Azerbaijani side. There is no evacuation in Stepanakert. There are villages from which people have already been evacuated (from Martakert, from Martuni, and from Askeran)." [Metakse Hakobyan, MP from Artsakh NA]

📣 Pope Francis called for an end to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

🗣️ "I once again appeal to all the parties involved and to the international community to silence their weapons and make every effort to find peaceful solutions," Francis said during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square.

‼️ The authorities of Artsakh accept the proposal of the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent to cease the hostilities.

📌 "Unfortunately, the Artsakh side also suffered losses. In some areas the enemy managed to penetrate the combat positions of the Defense Army, capture a number of heights and strategic road junctions," the statement reads.

[Office of the President of Artsakh]

🔸 With the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, an agreement was reached on a complete cessation of hostilities from 13:00.

[The original document is in Russian. This is an unofficial translation of the document.]

❗️An agreement was reached

- to withdraw the remaining [in Artsakh] armed forces of the Republic of Armenia from the deployment zone of the Russian peacekeeping contingent,

- to completely disarm the armed groups of the "Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army",

- to withdraw heavy equipment and weapons from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in order to dispose of them as soon as possible.

[NKR InfoCenter]

[The original document is in Russian. This is an unofficial translation of the document.]

❗️ According to the agreement reached the issues raised by the Azerbaijani side on the reintegration, ensuring the rights and security of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as issues of ensuring the living conditions of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh within the framework of the Constitution of Azerbaijan will be discussed at a meeting between representatives of the local Armenian population and representatives of the central authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan to be held in the city of Yevlakh on September 21, 2023 and during subsequent meetings. [NKR InfoCenter]

[The original document is in Russian. This is an unofficial translation of the document.]