ARS issues statement condemning Azerbaijan’s attacks, ongoing genocide

In a repeat enactment of the 44-day unprovoked aggression in 2020 against Artsakh and Armenia, on September 12, 2022, Azeri armed forces opened fire on the southern Armenian towns of Goris, Jermuk, Vardenis and Sotk. In both unprovoked invasions, the aggressor indiscriminately shelled both strategic and civilian targets, killing and wounding countless peaceful inhabitants in their devastated homes, schools, churches, hospitals and workplaces. These many genocidal acts against Armenian populat