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Azerbaijani troops have captured civilians from the Artsakh village of Taghavard during their military aggression, Artsakh MP Metakse Hakobyan has told NEWS.am, adding that the situation is difficult everywhere in Artsakh.

"The relatives of our friends who live in Taghavard were captured by the Azerbaijanis. Azerbaijanis go to extreme measures and it does not matter if it is a civilian or not, they kill or capture from all sides,” the deputy said.

“This is the genocide that [Armenia’s PM] Nikol Pashinyan was talking about, he achieved his dream. Our compatriots in Armenia decided to have Nikol instead of Artsakh and Armenia. Artsakh was resisting for a day, hoping that Armenia would come to its help, but it never happened," she added.

The MP informed that Artsakh had been in mediated talks with Azerbaijan since Tuesday, but the Azerbaijani side would not listen to any proposal.

Metakse Hakobyan also said that there were many killed and wounded in hospitals.

"But the resource is very limited. In the area in Stepanakert where my house and family are, I no longer see people. We are left alone, everyone has voluntarily evacuated, I don't know in which direction, it's a chaos," she added.