Director of Law and Justice Center briefs Australian officials on  Azerbaijani aggression

ArmInfo.To present the Azerbaijani war crimes in the Armenian sovereign territory and  Artsakh, the Director of the Law and Justice "Tatoyan" foundation  held consultations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Australia.

The Vice-Chairman of the Armenian National Committee of Australia  Khajaque Kortian and the Executive Director Michael Kolokossian also  participated in the meeting.

Arman Tatoyan presented the foundation's facts related to the  Azerbaijani invasions of the sovereign territory of Armenia, starting  from 21 May 2021 to 14 September 2022, with documentation on maps and  also spoke about the right of Artsakh Armenians to  self-determination.

He showed the detailed consequences of the latest Azerbaijani  invasions in Jermuk, as well as Syunik and Gegharkunik provinces,  stressing that the facts illustrate that Azerbaijan is strengthening  of its unlawful armed locations in the occupied territories of  Armenia, as well as territories that are in the immediate vicinity of  villages and on the roads, even preparing for winter by unlawfully  building military roads, positions, buildings and bunkers.

The Jermuk Hydro Power Plant (HPP), the "Tatev" HPP, the tailing pond  of Geghanush in Kapan, "Syunik" Airport and other objects of  strategic nature are under the Azerbaijani armed forces' direct  target.

The Director of the foundation informed that the Azerbaijani  shootings near the border villages of Armenia became daily. They  terrorize people and have made life in those villages impossible.

Arman Tatoyan presented the facts of civilian community destructions,  torture of military servicemen, mutilation of bodies, and execution  of Armenian Prisoners of War (PoW). Moreover, Armenian PoWs continue  to be unlawfully kept in Azerbaijan and used for political and  military bargaining purposes.

A separate reference was made to the brutalities of the Azerbaijani  special forces "YASMA" against female soldiers killed during the  attacks launched by the Azerbaijani side on September 13-14, 2022.

Arman Tatoyan also showed evidence of the Armenophobic and fascist  policies of Azerbaijan. This policy of patronage of impunity is not  only not diminishing, it has deepened as a tool to maintain political  power.  It covers all areas, from all levels of education to culture,  and has both religious and ethnic bases.

He emphasized that under these conditions, Azerbaijan misleads the  international community, it actually has no peace intentions. It is a  primary and urgent issue that the Azerbaijani armed locations must be  removed not only from the Armenian territories invaded by Azerbaijan,  but also from the villages of Armenia and from the roads between the  communities: a demilitarized security zone must be created to restore  people's normal lives, their rights and security.