Excerpts from the State Department briefing, Ned Price:
> **We have seen significant evidence of Azerbaijani shelling inside Armenia and significant damage to Armenian infrastructure**
> Secretary Blinken has been personally engaged on this. It is why we and he put out a statement last night just within hours of these escalation of tensions calling for an immediate cessation of violence. It’s why he picked up the phone in the wee hours. He was on the phone until after 1:00 a.m. Eastern with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan underscoring for them the importance of the core message that he issued in his statement, namely the imperative of an immediate cessation of these hostilities. **He urged President Aliyev to cease hostilities immediately, to disengage military forces, and to work to resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through peaceful negotiations**.
> Ambassador Reeker, who was recently named our senior adviser for Caucasus negotiations, **was in Baku yesterday**. He remains there.
> **We have called upon all countries in the region to use their influence constructively.** And there is no question on a couple fronts. There is no question that an escalation of hostilities or outright violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan, there is no question that that would not be in Russia’s interests. It would not be in anyone’s interest. **There is also no question that Russia has outsized influence with both Azerbaijan** and Armenia. We have called on Russia and we do call on Russia to use that influence and to use that leverage in a way that helps to achieve a cessation of hostilities, and more broadly a de-escalation of those tensions.
> The point the Secretary was referring to today was very much a reflection of the influence and leverage that Russia has. Russia could use that influence for ill; it could use that influence to help bring about what it is we all seek, and that’s an immediate end to this violence and a de‑escalation of tensions.
So, where are all the volunteers and outraged internet warriors to protect a country against agression?
i appreciate how well armenians at propaganda whether their arguments are true or not they’re just so good at it. probably it’s because they have bigger diaspora than their whole population
there is no any millitary advance in frontlines/borders, this is typical armenian/azerbaijani border fight apx. 50 soldiers died form both sides nothing unusual or URGENT as armenpress claims…
i hope these fights will end and they will find the diplomatic solution
I fell like Armenia is the victim in this conflict, or am I wrong?
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Excerpts from the State Department briefing, Ned Price:
> **We have seen significant evidence of Azerbaijani shelling inside Armenia and significant damage to Armenian infrastructure**
> Secretary Blinken has been personally engaged on this. It is why we and he put out a statement last night just within hours of these escalation of tensions calling for an immediate cessation of violence. It’s why he picked up the phone in the wee hours. He was on the phone until after 1:00 a.m. Eastern with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan underscoring for them the importance of the core message that he issued in his statement, namely the imperative of an immediate cessation of these hostilities. **He urged President Aliyev to cease hostilities immediately, to disengage military forces, and to work to resolve all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan through peaceful negotiations**.
> Ambassador Reeker, who was recently named our senior adviser for Caucasus negotiations, **was in Baku yesterday**. He remains there.
> **We have called upon all countries in the region to use their influence constructively.** And there is no question on a couple fronts. There is no question that an escalation of hostilities or outright violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan, there is no question that that would not be in Russia’s interests. It would not be in anyone’s interest. **There is also no question that Russia has outsized influence with both Azerbaijan** and Armenia. We have called on Russia and we do call on Russia to use that influence and to use that leverage in a way that helps to achieve a cessation of hostilities, and more broadly a de-escalation of those tensions.
> The point the Secretary was referring to today was very much a reflection of the influence and leverage that Russia has. Russia could use that influence for ill; it could use that influence to help bring about what it is we all seek, and that’s an immediate end to this violence and a de‑escalation of tensions.
https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-september-13-2022/
So, where are all the volunteers and outraged internet warriors to protect a country against agression?
i appreciate how well armenians at propaganda whether their arguments are true or not they’re just so good at it. probably it’s because they have bigger diaspora than their whole population
there is no any millitary advance in frontlines/borders, this is typical armenian/azerbaijani border fight apx. 50 soldiers died form both sides nothing unusual or URGENT as armenpress claims…
i hope these fights will end and they will find the diplomatic solution
I fell like Armenia is the victim in this conflict, or am I wrong?