The Ministry of Defense of Armenia and the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement.
"Dear compatriots,
On September 27, a war was unleashed against Artsakh, which was unprecedented in terms of forces, means, quantity and type of armament involved. It was also unprecedented from the point of view that our army, in fact, was fighting not only against the 10 million Azerbaijani armed forces, but also against Turkey's direct military participation, full and unconditional political, military and diplomatic support, as well as several thousand mercenary terrorists.
In these conditions, our army did its best and impossible to resist the enemy. Every soldier, officer and general of the Armenian army did his best for the defense of the Homeland, devoting himself to that struggle and creating many heroic stories. This war took away from us our best sons, whose memory will forever remain in the hearts of all of us, as real heroes of our time.
Each of you must be sure, no one should have the slightest doubt that our army has done the possible and the impossible. We have proved once again that we have unbreakable soldiers, officers and generals who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the defense of our holy Motherland without a second thought.
But it is time to stop the bloodshed. The political leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan have reached an agreement, the content of which you already know. The war is not over and the hostilities continue in Artsakh. Nevertheless, we support and are obliged to implement the decisions of our country's military-political leadership, which were made on the basis of a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the situation.
We must stop the bloodshed. We must find the bodies of all our heroes and bury them with military honor. We must try to soothe the pain of our heroic mothers and heal the wounds of the wounded. We must restore the potential of our army and strengthen it even more, turning it into a modern and super-capable fist. There is too much to do. The war is coming to end. The army has done its job and will continue to do its best.
We call to refrain from actions that can undermine the foundations of the statehood and, learning from all possible mistakes, build an incomparably strong and efficient army, which our heroic people deserve", the statement reads.
