Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian
YEREVAN (ARKA)—Armenia’s defense minister Seyran Ohanyan met with U.S. ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills on Wednesday, the press service of the Armenian defense ministry reports.
It said Ohanyan and Mills discussed the latest large-scale offensive unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) and the current situation on the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops.
Ohanyan is said to have detailed the ambassador on the main features of Azerbaijan’s blatant aggression, including the war crimes committed by Azerbaijani troops against Armenian soldiers and civilians, as well as gross violations of other legal provisions related to the armed confrontation. The minister said he will initiate an international assessment of these crimes.
Alik Avetisyan, Senior Assistant to the Minister of Defense of Armenia, stated at a press conference that “the bodies of 18 Armenian soldiers, which Azerbaijan transferred to Nagorno-Karabakh on April 10, are undergoing an examination. He informed that the Investigative Committee of Armenia is conducting this examinationâ€
