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The Standing Committees of the NKR and RA Parliaments on State and Legal Affairs declare they are determined to study details of the Azerbaijani crimes against peaceful civilian population of Artsakh, the consequences of Azerbaijani aggression and present the results in the prescribed manner to the international community.

According to the joint statement, “April 2 to 5, 2016, having grossly violated the trilateral agreement on ceasefire (between Artsakh, Azerbaijan, and Armenia), signed on May 1994, Azerbaijan openly violated the rules of international law with the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare. The main target of the attack was the civilian population in the border and the hinterland. 

The statement highlights that Azerbaijani rocket and artillery shelling in number of NKR settlements killed and wounded civilians, including children, women and the elderly.

“There is abundant evidence of the atrocities and inhuman violent actions of the Azerbaijani army against the peaceful population of Artsakh. There is every reason to believe that hired terrorists were involved in the Azerbaijani army. The aggression carried out by Azerbaijan against the Republic of Artsakh, is an international crime against peace and humanity,” the statement reads adding that in these days the NKR Defense Army has taken the biggest blow, protecting the civilian population of Artsakh from Azerbaijani aggression, having used necessary means available in its arsenal to prevent the large-scale military attack.