Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh following the Azerbaijani aggression with Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. On 19 September he wrote on his official X (formerly Twitter) account: “In the meeting with Abhollahian I stressed that the Azerbaijani military aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh seriously threatens stability in the South Caucasus. All parties interested in stability should send clear message on unacceptability of aggression and bring Baku to constructive track.”

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 20 September in a televised address said that Yerevan was not involved in the talks of the cease-fire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh brokered by the Russian peacekeeping mission.

Announcement by the Office of the President of Artsakh․

The Artsakh Foreign Ministry on 20 September issued a statement calling on the international community to act in order to stop Azerbaijani aggression.

Amaras Monastery, one of the oldest and holiest Armenian sites in Karabakh, has reportedly fallen under Azerbaijani control.

US State Secretary Antony Blinken on 19 September made a statement calling on Baku to “immediately cease” military operation in Artsakh. Noting that the United States is “deeply concerned” over the hostilities the statement said as follows: “As we have previously made clear to Azerbaijan, the use of force to resolve disputes is unacceptable and runs counter to efforts to create conditions for a just and dignified peace in the region”.

The civilian population of 6 communities of Artsakh’s Askeran and Martuni districts (Khramort, Khnabad, Sarnaghbyur, Nakhijevanik, Machkalashen and Chankatakh) was evacuated. Artsakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan announced this on September 19 on his official page on X (formerly Twitter).

Hikmet Hajiyev, special adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on 19 September called on Artsakh authorities to "dissolve themselves". Calling the administration in Nagorno-Karabakh an “illegal separatist puppet regime” Hajiyev said that the armed forces which the authorities in Baku consider Armenian, should disarm.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh following the Azerbaijani aggression on 19 September.

Armenian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on 19 September, strongly condemning Azerbaijan’s aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. “on September 19 Azerbaijan launched yet another full-scale aggression against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh with an aim of completing its policy of ethnic cleansing,” the statement says. It also notes that “encouraged by the sense of impunity Azerbaijan has openly assumed responsibility for the aggression”.