Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Spokesperson Davit Sanasaryan, commenced a hunger strike today. Sanasaryan informed about the aforesaid in his Facebook account.
"I am starting a hunger strike, on 17 November in front of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, as a sign of protest to uncover the causes of the Armenian helicopter's shooting at the Karabakh-Azerbaijan zone of contact, and the returning of the bodies of our three pilots who were killed". -said.
To recall, 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.