ArmInfo. In the context of the existential threat created for the people of Artsakh, the Artsakh authorities and the Defense Army have the inalienable right to defend their population and counter-strike the enemy.
This is stated in the commentary by the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Anna Naghdalyan in connection with the shelling by the Azerbaijani armed forces of Stepanakert and Shushi.
As noted in the commentary, on November 3, the Azerbaijani armed forces, using cluster munitions from Smerch multiple launch rocket systems, again struck at civilian infrastructure in Stepanakert and Shushi, in particular, in the direction of the Center for Maternal and Child Health in Stepanakert. There are people injured.
"The continuous shelling of medical institutions in Stepanakert by the Azerbaijani armed forces reaffirms the goal of the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan: to cause maximum damage to the civilian population of Artsakh, especially women and children who are far from the front line. This is another manifestation of state terrorism carried out by the state, which, thanks to the efforts of Turkey has become a center of concentration of international terrorists and militants in the South Caucasus, "the commentary says.