1,502 bodies found in Artsakh, Azerbaijan destroys Armenian church in Shushi, 17.03.21 digest

Armenian News - NEWS.am presents the daily digest of Armenia-related top news as of 17.03.21:

BODIES

Karabakh emergency situations service said three bodies of servicemen found and removed from the southeastern sector of the Martuni region of Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] that are now under the control of Azerbaijan.

Since November 13, 2020, a total of 1,502 bodies have been found in the territories that aren’t under the control of Artsakh.

Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu told Tengrinews that Nagorno-Karabakh is a uniquely very complicated operation. Speaking about the relations between Russia and Turkey, he noted that, "We have a very difficult, very complicated, but very constructive work."

"The last work, without a doubt, is Nagorno-Karabakh; it's a uniquely very complicated operation. I would like to call it that, not in other way because it contained a huge number of arguments, elements, motives."

CHURCH

Azerbaijan has destroyed the Armenian "Green Hour" church in Shushi, Artsakh.

Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan posted on his Facebook page photos noting that after occupying Shushi, Azerbaijan has started destroying everything that is Armenian.

"If the incumbent and ignorant authorities of Armenia stay in power, this will also happen in Syunik and Tavush Provinces," he noted.

ENVOY

The ambassador of France to Armenia, Jonathan Lacote, held a press conference on Wednesday and answered the question about the Armenian POWs and detainees held in Azerbaijan.

"My approach is simple: all captives must be released," he said.

He also noted that the OSCE Minsk Group is the only internationally recognized format within the framework of which the search for ways to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is carried out through diplomacy.

He also noted that France regrets that UNESCO has not conducted study in Karabakh yet.

UNESCO has repeatedly petitioned to the Azerbaijani authorities for the right to enter the Artsakh territories now under its control; but so far, in vain.

Also, Jonathan Lacote stressed that cultural heritage will be at the focus of Armenian-French cooperation

EP

The European Parliament has strongly condemned the use of Syrian mercenaries in conflicts in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, in violation of international law.

In a resolution on the Syrian conflict, the European Parliament also calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from Northern Syria which it is illegally occupying outside of any UN mandate.

It urges that all Syrian detainees who have been transferred to Turkey be immediately repatriated to the occupied territories in Syria.

CONGRESS

More than 30 U.S. Representatives have introduced legislation demanding Azerbaijan’s immediate release of Armenian POWs.

They called on Azerbaijan to immediately release over 200 Armenian prisoners of war and captured civilians, illegally kept hostages over 100 days after the November 9th ceasefire statement between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

GAZPROM

Gazprom will temporarily supply natural gas to Armenia via Azerbaijan due to the repair of the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia natural gas pipeline.

Gazprom on Tuesday signed a short-term contract with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan for the transportation of natural gas through the territory of Azerbaijan.

The repair works will take about three weeks.

COVID-19

As of Wednesday morning, 854 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed in Armenia, and the total number of these cases has reached 180,141 in the country.

Also, five more deaths from COVID-19 were registered, making the respective total 3,282 cases.

Two more cases of coronavirus patients dying from some other illnesses were recorded in Armenia in the past one day, and the corresponding overall death toll in the country is 841 now.

The number of people who have recovered over the past one day is 211, the total respective number so far is 166,913.

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