The Artsakh Foreign Ministry released the following statement today, calling on foreign governments to stop supplying weapons to Azerbaijan and its political-military ally Turkey.

Continuing with its unsuccessful attempts to achieve military goals and suffering serious losses of manpower and military equipment, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, under the direct control of Turkey, continue to attack the civilian population and civilian infrastructure of the Artsakh Republic with increasing intensity. Stepanakert, Shushi, Martakert, Martuni, Hadrut and other residences of the republic are under massive rocket attack.

The relentless attacks on civilians and civilian facilities leave no doubt that the real goal of the aggressive war unleashed by Turkey and Azerbaijan, with the support of militants from Middle East terrorist organizations, is the annihilation of the people of the Artsakh Republic as a continuation of the Armenian Genocide.

We emphasize that the countries that provide military assistance to the criminal troika, those that provide offensive weapons and ammunition for targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, are undoubtedly responsible for continuing crimes against humanity. It is an shocking fact that the supply of weapons is taking place in the context of expanding military aggression, when the whole civilized world condemns the use of force and calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

We call on the governments of the respective countries to stop feeding the aggression being nurtured against Artsakh by international terrorism, to stop supplying weapons to the criminal tripartite alliance, as well as not to provide their territory and airspace for military supplies to Azerbaijan and Turkey.

We once again call on the international community to recognize the independence of the Artsakh Republic, which will eliminate the existential threat to the people of Artsakh, end the inhuman aggression against Artsakh, and restore lasting peace and stability in the South Caucasus.