Former state minister of Artsakh proposes declaring mourning for  victims of Azerbaijani aggression against Artsakh 

ArmInfo.Former state minister of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan proposes that on October 29, the 

40th day of the Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh, a 3-day mourning for the victims be declared in Armenia. 

The politician wondered why the Armenian government has not yet 

declared mourning in memory of the victims of the last Artsakh war 

and the explosion of a fuel depot, or at least notified of such an 

intention?

According to him, a tragedy of such a scale, when about 500 people 

died, plus the complete deprivation of the homeland of the people of 

Artsakh, is more than a reason for statewide and national mourning.

"No matter how much actual mourning there is in our lives, such 

symbolic state events and their absence demonstrate the ideological 

attitude of the authorities to the events. I would consider the last 

opportunity to declare mourning October 29 - the 40th day of the 

start of the war, in my opinion, mourning should be "At least three 

days. For comparison, I note that in August 2022, a two-day mourning 

was declared for the victims of the explosion in the Surmalu shopping 

center, the scale of the tragedy was incomparably smaller," Beglaryan 

noted.

The number of deaths during the latest Azerbaijani aggression against 

Artsakh is still unknown. According to the latest data, over 200 

citizens of the NKR died, including civilians (including brutally 

murdered children). In addition, an explosion at a fuel depot near 

Stepanakert on September 25 killed 170 citizens, and dozens more are 

considered missing to this day.