The deputies of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, who visited Armenia on a four-day working visit, were in Jermuk on October 16, which was shelled by the Azerbaijani military on September 13. RA National Assembly informs.

“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 Stefan Müller-Altermatt, deputy of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, and co-chairman of the Switzerland-Armenia parliamentary group.

“The Azerbaijanis, using weapons of different calibers and distances, damaged the infrastructure of the resort town. Jermuk sanatorium, guest houses, and roads were damaged. The Kechut cemetery was also attacked in an attempt to exert a psychological influence on the local population. The enemy also used cluster bombs, which are prohibited by international conventions,” the RA National Assembly reports.

According to the source, Michel Mater, the deputy of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, said 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 have to move forward. This applies not only to Switzerland but to the whole of Europe because we have the same values: democracy, human rights, and international law.”

It is noted that Stefan Müller-Altermatt highlighted the fact that they are in Jermuk very shortly after the events. According to him, they stand not only with their parliamentary colleagues but also with the Armenian people.

According to the information of the RA National Assembly, according to Vardan Sargsyan, the first deputy head of the Jermuk community, the urban landscape and forest cover were particularly affected. He added that, despite the situation, they are able to carry out rehabilitation work.

The Swiss MPs emphasized seeing what happened with their own eyes and passing on the information about it to their colleagues.