YEREVAN, OCTOBER 17, ARMENPRESS. The deputies of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, who visited Armenia on a four-day working visit, visited Jermuk on October 16, which had been shelled by the Azerbaijani military on September 13, ARMENPRESS was informed from the National Assembly of Armenia.

"I feel great pain when I see what the Azerbaijanis did in Jermuk. They used this peaceful place to spread terror among the people. It is terrible for me to see all this," said Stephan Müller-Altermat, deputy of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, co-chairman of the Switzerland-Armenia parliamentary group.

"The Azerbaijanis, using weapons of different calibers, damaged the infrastructure of the resort town. Jermuk sanatorium, guest houses, roads have been damaged. The Kechut cemetery was also attacked in an attempt to exert a psychological impact on the local population. The adversary also used cluster bombs, which are prohibited by international conventions," the National Assembly said.

Deputy of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation Michel Mater noted during the visit. "We adopted a resolution in Geneva, where we condemned the Azerbaijani aggression of September 13-14. This is the first level. Now we need to move forward, the Federal Council. this is important. This applies not only to Switzerland, but to the whole of Europe, because we have the same values: democracy, human rights and international law."

Stephan Müller-Altermat emphasized that they visit Jermuk little after the incident. According to him, they stand not only with their parliamentary partners, but also with the Armenian people.