Foreign media
Uzbek news portals such as ‘tnews.uz’, ‘qalampir.uz’ and ‘human.uz’ have spread materials about the Armenian rocket attacks on Ganja and Mingachevir.
‘tnews.uz’ portal also added the statement released by Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs about another rocket attack on Ganja city by the Armenian armed forces.
The statement reads: “On the night of 17 October 2020 around 1 am the armed forces of Armenia attacked the Ganja city of Azerbaijan with ballistic missiles. This, the third in a row atrocious attack on the second biggest city of Azerbaijan, since the new aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan, situated far away from the frontline caused serious civilian casualties; 12 civilians, including 2 minors killed, and more than 40 people injured.”
The document also stated: “Armenia’s deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians, in a blatant violation of norms and principles of international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as declared humanitarian ceasefire, the purposeful killing of peaceful people constitute a war crime and a crime against humanity and the leadership of Armenia bears full responsibility for this crime.”
‘Qalampir.uz’ portal referred to the Twitter post from Presidential Aide Hikmet Hajiyev’s account: “Last night Armenia launched rocket attacks on Ganja and Mingachevir cities which are located far from the contact line. 13 civilians were killed and more than 40 were injured in Ganja. The rockets, which were launched from the Armenian territory were SCUD/Elbrus Operative-Tactical Ballistic Missile.
‘Human.uz’ website published an article titled ‘The UN condemns rocket attack on Azerbaijan’s civilian population from the Armenian side’.
