ArmInfo. The number of victims from the Armenian side as a result of the aggression of Azerbaijan has reached 135. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated on September 16 during a government meeting.
<Unfortunately, we know that the figure is not final. We have a lot of wounded>, added the prime minister. He proposed to observe a minute of silence in memory of the fallen servicemen, who gave their lives in the name of protecting the territorial integrity of Armenia. In turn, Defense Minister Suren Papikyan said that although at the moment it is relatively calm at the border, the situation remains very tense. The Armenian Armed Forces continue to fulfill the tasks assigned to them, he added.
<The position of the RA is clear and unshakable - the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces must be withdrawn from the sovereign territory of the RA. This is not only about the territories illegally seized by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces since September 13 this year, but also about the Sotk-Khoznavar sector seized during the Azerbaijani invasion on May 12, 2021. Armenia adhered to this position during the request of the RA to the UN>, Nikol Pashinyan said. He added that the previous evening, during a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, an agreement was reached that the situation would be the focus of the UN Security Council.
On September 13, at 00:05, Azerbaijani Armed Forces units began intensive shelling of Armenian positions from artillery and large-caliber guns in the direction of Sotk, Vardenis, Goris, Kapan, Artanish, Ishkhanasar using UAVs. Attacks are also being made on civilian infrastructure facilities. On the evening of September 14, it was announced that an agreement had been reached on a ceasefire.