France initiates urgent meeting of UN Security Council

ArmInfo. France initiates an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the  situation in Artsakh. French President Emmanuel Macron stated during a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

According to the government press service, the parties emphasized the  unacceptability of the use of force and the need to use international  mechanisms for de-escalation.

Today Azerbaijan, under the pretext of an anti-terrorist operation,  began a large-scale aggression against Artsakh. The final goal of  this enemy operation is the abolition of the Artsakh Defense Army and  the de- Armenization of the NKR. The Azerbaijani side has already  openly stated this. The enemy side has already offered the Artsakh  people a corridor to leave Artsakh. According to media reports, the  enemy is targeting, including children's institutions, several  children (at least 7 children) were taken to the hospital with  injuries of varying severity.

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported: "Baku has  begun local anti-terrorist measures in order to restore the  constitutional order. The command of the Russian peacekeeping  contingent and the leadership of the Joint Turkish-Russian Monitoring  Center were informed about the measures taken>.