"Azerbaijan is a terrorist state," Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters when commenting on latest downing of Armenian unarmed helicopter by Azerbaijani armed forces. "Ramil Safarov who axed sleeping Armenian officer is what symbolizes Azerbaijan," Kocharyan said.
Armenian military is still unable to approach the wreckage of the Mi-24 helicopter and the three members of its crew presumed dead, although a week has passed already.
To remind, the Azerbaijani armed forces downed an Armenian Mi-24 while it was conducting a training flight near the Line on Contact on 12 November. Three officers of the NKR Armed Forces, Sergey Sahakyan, Sargis Nazaryan and Azat Sahakyan, were on board. The NKR State Committee for POWs, Captives and the Missing has requested the ICRC assistance in returning the crewmembers of the downed helicopter. The Azeri officer that shot the helicopter down has been awarded a medal.