Armenia`s Defense Ministry presented evidence of the use of  phosphorus weapons by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Karabakh

ArmInfo. The Armenian Ministry of Defense presented factual evidence of the use of  phosphorus weapons by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in Karabakh.

Thus, the Spokesperson of the RA Ministry of Defense Shushan  Stepanyan publishing the corresponding video on her Facebook page, in  particular, wrote:

"In the zone of the Azerbaijani-Artsakh conflict, the enemy forces  used phosphorus weapons containing elements of chemical weapons,  which is a gross violation of international humanitarian law, norms  and principles of customary law, the Geneva Conventions, as well as  the provisions stipulated by the relevant UN conventions and  documents. In addition to damage to the Armenian forces, are these  actions aimed at causing massive forest fires and creating real  threats of an ecological catastrophe in this territory?

The prohibition on the above actions and the rights and values  protected as a result are, first of all, in the field of customary  law, and the use of such weapons, which does not make it possible to  clearly distinguish between facilities of military and civil  significance, at the same time is the cause of an environmental  catastrophe and possible human losses and is military a crime. "

To note, in 1977, an additional protocol of the Geneva Convention was  adopted, which in the course of hostilities finally banned the use of  phosphorus in cases where civilians may become victims.