YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian nation continues living under the difficult situation of an undeclared war, protecting peace within the borders of our country at a heavy price and the right of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to live in freedom in their maternal cradle,  Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II said in his speech at the Republican Square of Yerevan prior to the joint ecumenical peace prayer with Pope Francis. 

“In response to our people’s peaceful aspirations, Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire and began military operations on the borders of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in the month of April. Armenian villages were bombarded and destroyed, soldiers who were protecting the peace as well as school-aged children were killed and wounded, peaceful and unarmed civilians were tortured”, “Armenpress” reports His Holiness said.  

He added that the Armenian nation, despite of its own difficulties, feels empathy for the people in the Middle East.