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Armenian MP Taguhi Tovmasyan, who represents the opposition With Honor faction, has met with Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin to present the situation in Artsakh as an eyewitness. The lawmaker issued the following statement after the meeting:

“Since 22 March 2022, I have been in the Artsakh Republic, and when the Azerbaijani troops attacked the Parukh community of Artsakh, and occupied it, we were in the adjacent Khramort community.

I asked the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia, Sergey Kopirkin, for an urgent reception to present the situation in Artsakh as an eyewitness.

Yesterday I met the Ambassador. We discussed the current situation in the Republic of Artsakh. I informed Mr. Kopirkin that Azerbaijan uses firearms, even grenade launchers towards the civilian population of Artsakh and civilian infrastructures, targets the people working in the yards of their own houses, fires at the agricultural machinery, as a result of which we have wounded. I specially noted that the mentioned is coordinated by the authorities of Azerbaijan with the aim of depriving the peaceful population of Artsakh of the right to live in peace and security in their homeland.

We stated the important fact that the Azerbaijani military withdrew from the Parukh community in the wake of the negotiations with the Russian side, but I emphasized that the Azeri soldiers are still on the slopes of Karaglukh, and that the Azeri provocation is first of all against Russian peacekeepers, and it can be repeated at any time, if forgiven.

We also discussed the rights of our compatriots living in Russia and Ukraine, many of which want to return to Armenia or go to a third country.

I also drew the Ambassador's attention to the current situation on the borders of Armenia: In Syunik and Gegharkunik Provinces of Armenia, the Azerbaijani servicemen continue to keep specific parts of the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia under occupation.”