The Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs honored the memory of police officers who died defending their homeland in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone

ArmInfo. Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan, along with the leadership of the Ministry and the police department, laid flowers at a memorial wall dedicated to the memory of police officers who died for their homeland and in the line of duty, located at one of Yerevan's public order regiments.

According to the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the same day they also visited the grave of Colonel Armen Vardanyan, commander of the 1033rd military unit of the police forces and holder of the Order of the Combat Cross, First Class, in Echmiadzin to honor his memory.

As a reminder, during the 44-day war of 2020 in the Nogorno-Karabakh conflict zone, 39 police officers under the command of Colonel Armen Vardanyan were killed on November 7. Enemy forces then struck the cultural center in Shushi, where police officers were stationed.

The Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs recalled that numerous police officers participated in the 44-day war: 43 officers were killed.

"Eternal glory to all police officers who died for the Motherland and in the line of duty," the Armenian Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

As a reminder, on the night of September 27, 2020, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, in tandem with Turkey, committed military aggression against Artsakh. During the bloody fighting that lasted 44 days, on the night of November 9-10, 2020, a statement was signed, with Russian mediation, on the cessation of hostilities and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to Artsakh. As a result of the 2020 aggression, Shushi and several districts of Artsakh were lost. Several thousand soldiers perished, more than 10 thousand sons of the Armenian people became disabled, and thousands of Artsakh residents lost their homes.