Turkish Ministry of National Defense: “International public opinion should speak up against Armenia”

Baku, October 11, AZERTAC The Turkish Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday "international public opinion should speak up against Armenia," referring to the Armenian army's attacks on civilian settlements and violation of the temporary cease-fire with Azerbaijan. "Committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, Armenia now violates the ceasefire," the ministry said on Twitter. "Even in a ceasefire, Armenia continues to assault civilian settlements," it added. The Armenian attacks continued despite a humanitarian cease-fire agreed for the exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies in Nagorno-Karabakh, which came into force at 12 p.m. local time (0800GMT) on Saturday. The truce came after a trilateral meeting in Moscow on Friday between the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Earlier in the day, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Armenia is “grossly” violating the cease-fire agreement by trying to mount attacks.