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| Armenian PM urges army vets to enlist amid raging Nagorno-Karabakh escalation | Armenian PM urges army vets to enlist amid raging Nagorno-Karabakh escalation |
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| The Armenian prime minister has asked ex-soldiers discharged during the past year to take up arms again. The fight against Azerbaijan is one “of life and death,” he said. | |
| “I want to appeal to our guys discharged [from the Armenian military] over the past year – come to the central military recruitment office and enroll in the army,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a video message posted on his Facebook page and quoted by the media. | |
| He said Armenian law doesn't allow for this category of former soldiers to be mobilized, and asked them to come as volunteers. Pashinyan added that he is calling veterans to a “battle of life and death” and the “genocide of Armenians” needs to be avoided. | |
| In the next post, the PM said his son has joined the troops. | In the next post, the PM said his son has joined the troops. |
| Armenia announced a nationwide conscription call shortly after hostilities with Azerbaijan broke out over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku has also called citizens to arms but proclaimed the mobilization to be partial. | Armenia announced a nationwide conscription call shortly after hostilities with Azerbaijan broke out over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku has also called citizens to arms but proclaimed the mobilization to be partial. |
| Intense fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh continued into the second week this Monday, with both sides engaging in artillery duels and reciprocal missile strikes. Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of launching strikes from within its territory – an allegation rejected by Yerevan. | Intense fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh continued into the second week this Monday, with both sides engaging in artillery duels and reciprocal missile strikes. Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of launching strikes from within its territory – an allegation rejected by Yerevan. |
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