The head of French diplomacy is traveling to Yerevan on Tuesday October 3. From the capital of Armenia, Catherine Colonna reaffirmed the “support” and the “solidarity” from France to this country, which has fears for its sovereignty and territorial integrity after Azerbaijan’s victorious offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. The international community must do everything to prevent Armenia from “finds herself, despite herself, involved” in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, she emphasized earlier. Follow our live stream.
Lhe Armenian Parliament ratifies accession to the ICC. Ratify the Rome Statute, founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, guarantees that a potential invasion of Armenia “will fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC”which will have a “deterrent effect”pleaded an Armenian official.
Clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh. An Armenian soldier was killed on Monday and two others injured, according to the Armenian Defense Ministry. “after Azerbaijani armed forces fired on a vehicle belonging to the Armenian armed forces carrying equipment for soldiers”. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that a joint Russian and Azerbaijani patrol had come under fire, attesting to the volatility of the situation on site.
A UN observation mission. The UN team that visited Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday, for the first time in around 30 years, saw no destruction or collected any testimony of violence against civilians since the ceasefire, said a spokesperson reported Monday. The aim of the one-day mission, including representatives from several UN agencies and services, was to assess the humanitarian needs on the ground.