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"Azerbaijan’s aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh continues, and the aggression is carried out through Turkey’s direct military-political support with the involvement of terrorist fighters from Syria and Libya," Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan stated at the meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council.

Addressing the participants of the meeting held via a video conference, Grigoryan said: "Before everyone’s eyes, Azerbaijan is becoming a springboard for the infiltration of terrorists and their ideology into the CIS. All civilian settlements in the NKR, including the capital Stepanakert and the second largest city of Shushi, civilian infrastructure, healthcare institutions, schools, kindergartens, cultural, historical and religious monuments are targeted by missile and bomb attacks carried out by Azerbaijan’s armed forces."

Grigoryan added that Azeri fighters are using methods inherent in radical terrorist groups, such as torture, demonstrative executions, beheading of prisoners, and acts of vandalism over the bodies of those killed, accusing Azerbaijan’s political-military leadership of several war crimes and gross violations of international humanitarian and customary law.

The Deputy PM next pointed that contrary to calls of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and other international structures, Azerbaijan repeatedly violated and continues to violate the ceasefire agreements.

"It is high time for Azerbaijan to understand that there is no military solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and that the CIS platform is not where they can disseminate lies and falsifications," said Grigoryan.