First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva made an Instagram post on Armenian armed forces’ missile launch on the city of Ganja.

In a post on her official Instagram page Mehriban Aliyeva says:

“Armed Forces of Armenia continue intensive bombardment of residential areas of Azerbaijan which is the blatant violation of the humanitarian ceasefire regime and of the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

Today, around two o’clock in the morning, the missile strike unprecedented by its cruelty was made against the city of Ganja.

According to latest information, 9 people (including 4 women) have died, 34 are wounded, while numerous civilian facilities sustained serious damage due to this missile attack.

The attacks against our cities and villages continued the entire previous day. Since the moment the humanitarian ceasefire came into force, the Armenian side has launched 548 shells into several districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Entangled by its inability to reconcile with its defeat on battlefield, the Armenian side is deliberately attacking civilian population.

I call upon the international community not to remain indifferent to everything that happened.

International organizations, rights advocacies, mass media and opinion leaders must firmly condemn such barbaric cruelty against the civilian population of Azerbaijan.

Yerevan must stop ignoring international conventions, and UN Security Council resolutions urging Armenian occupational forces to halt aggression against Azerbaijan.

Showing a flagrant disrespect to the agreements reached with Russia’s mediation in Moscow, Armenia provokes a new escalation of war in South Caucasus, with devastating consequences for itself.

My fellow compatriots!

Today, you demonstrate such best qualities of our people as unity, solidarity, compassion and mutual assistance. It evokes nothing less than a feeling of immense pride! Truth and justice are on our side! We will be victorious! May Allah rest the souls of the perished in peace. I wish the soonest recovery to all wounded. May the Almighty Lord protect our Army, our People and our Motherland! Karabakh is Azerbaijan!”