ArmInfo.Azerbaijani shelling of journalists carrying out their professional activities in peaceful settlements is deliberate and aims to prevent the Azerbaijani army from documenting and submitting war crimes to the international community. This is stated in the statement of the press secretary of the RA Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan in connection with the shelling of journalists by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
"On October 8, the Azerbaijani armed forces re-bombarded the Cathedral of Holy Christ the All-Savior Kazanchetsots, located in the center of the city of Shushi, as a result of which foreign journalists Yuri Kotenok, Levon Arzanov and a member of the accompanying group, Hrant Baladyan, were injured and injured. coverage of the consequences of the bombing of the same temple in the morning.
We wish the injured journalists a speedy recovery and strongly condemn the next war crime of Azerbaijan. At the same time, we call on all the international community, human rights organizations and organizations specializing in the field of freedom of speech to pay attention to this blatant violation of the right to receive information, "the Armenian Foreign Ministry stressed.