Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan, in a statement marking the second anniversary of the start of the 2020 Artsakh war, described it as “an existential challenge for Armenia and Artsakh, full of irreversible losses.”

Khachaturyan said the Azerbaijani military offensive nullified years of negotiations to resolve the Karabakh conflict through peaceful means.

“Two years ago on this day, our people faced another test. Our armed forces, volunteers, doctors and citizens were once again forced on the battlefield to defend the inalienable rights of our compatriots of Artsakh to live and create in their own homeland,” Khachaturyan writes.