ARGENTINE PRESIDENT ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ: “I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ARMENIA. WE CANNOT ALLOW THE IDEA OF AN ESCALATION OF WAR TO ADVANCE”
Posted on September. 25. 2022
20 SEPT., 2022 | WWW.DIARIOARMENIA.ORG.AR
Translated from Spanish by Appo Jabarian
with assistance from Google Translate
Argentine President Alberto Fernández referred to Azerbaijan’s invasion and attacks against Armenia during a conference entitled “Global Challenges: A Latin American Perspective” at The New School University in New York on September 20, as part of his trip to participate in the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations.
“We want to develop in a peaceful world. Latin America is a continent at peace. The Caribbean is a world at peace. We want that peace to be the common denominator throughout the world. What is beginning to worry me is that, once Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been unleashed, other movements that affect other nations are beginning to be seen in Europe. Armenia worries me, we cannot allow the idea of an escalation of war to advance”, declared Pres. Alberto Fernández of Argentina.
After learning of a statement from the Argentine Foreign Ministry on September 13 in which it did not repudiate the attacks unleashed by Azerbaijan against Armenia, institutions of the Armenian community in Argentina expressed their discomfort with the position of the Argentine Government. The Armenian community mobilized at the Argentine Foreign Ministry on September 16 to ask for solidarity with Armenia and a condemnation of Azerbaijan’s attacks and invasion against Armenia.
Azerbaijan’s aggression since September 12 left 207 fallen and missing Armenian soldiers, including 3 civilians killed, 293 soldiers and 7 civilians wounded, 20 captured Armenian soldiers and concrete evidence of torture, mutilation and war crimes by the Azerbaijani Army . There were 36 settlements attacked, including Goris, Sisian, Kapan, Jermuk, Vardenis, Tegh and Geghamasar communities, as a result of which 192 houses, 3 hotels, 2 schools, 1 medical center, 1 banquet hall were totally or partially destroyed , 4 cattle corrals, 7 electrical infrastructures, 5 water infrastructures, 3 gas pipelines, 1 bridge, 2 highways, 1 street, 2 ambulances and 4 private cars were destroyed. The Azerbaijani Army also advanced on positions in the internationally recognized territory of Armenia, continuing the illegal invasion unleashed since May 12, 2021.