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Source: Dubai – Arabia.net
After Azerbaijan announced on Sunday that its forces had entered 6 villages under Armenian control during violent clashes that broke out on the line of contact between the two sides in the Nagorno Karabakh region, resulting in deaths, whose number has not yet been announced by the parties to the conflict, international reactions have been united in this regard. Developments.
The Armenian prime minister accused Azerbaijan of “declaring war” on his people, denying the latter’s claims to liberate the villages.
A spokeswoman for the Armenian Defense Ministry said: “The announcement by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry about the occupation of 6 villages does not correspond to reality, adding that this information is provocative,” as she said.
Information from the Defense Ministry in Nagorno Karabakh also reported that the Azerbaijani army lost “4 helicopters and 15 drones, especially offensive ones, and 10 tanks and armored personnel carriers. There were also casualties.”
After that, the Armenian government declared, in a decision, the state of war and general mobilization in the country due to the Karabakh events.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Facebook page today Sunday: “The state of war and the general mobilization will be announced by decision of the government of the Republic of Armenia, and the decision will take effect after its official publication.” .
He added: “I invite the designated soldiers in the forces to appear before their military commissions in the regions.”
counterattack
On the other hand, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry confirmed that Armenia fired at residential areas located on the contact line in Karabakh and, according to these data, civilians were killed.
He also announced that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces had launched a counterattack operation along the entire line of contact in Karabakh.
The Armenian Defense Ministry published photos of Azerbaijani tanks and military personnel during the attack (AFP)
The Azerbaijani army also announced the destruction of 12 anti-aircraft systems of the Armenian Air Force.
Mercenaries again … Turkey is starting the war
In another event, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that a group of fighters from Syrian factions loyal to Ankara had arrived in Azerbaijan, where the Turkish government had transferred them from their lands there.
The batch arrived in Turkish lands a few days ago, coming from the Afrin region, northwest of Aleppo.
The information also added that another batch is preparing to depart for Azerbaijan, as part of Turkey’s insistence on turning loyal Syrian fighters into mercenaries.
The Armenian Defense Ministry published photos of Azerbaijani tanks and military personnel during the attack (AFP)
It should be noted that the observatory had published 3 days ago that the Turkish government had transferred more than 300 fighters from the factions loyal to it, the vast majority of them from the “Sultan Murad and Al-Ashat” factions, from towns and villages. in the Afrin region northwest of Aleppo, where they were told the destination would be Azerbaijan. To protect the border sites there, for an amount ranging from $ 1,500 to $ 2,000.
International calls for dialogue
In the context, and with this alert, the international condemnation began. On Sunday, Russia called for an immediate ceasefire and the start of talks between the parties.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said: “We call on the parties to immediately cease fire and begin talks to restore stability to the situation.”
Iran also stepped into the crisis line and demanded that Armenia and Azerbaijan show restraint and immediately stop the fighting, stressing that it is closely monitoring what is happening.
And also in Germany, where the Foreign Minister appealed to the warring parties for calm and restraint.
The Armenian Defense Ministry published photos of Azerbaijani tanks and military personnel during the attack (AFP)
From here the beginning
Furthermore, the geopolitical problem between Azerbaijan and Armenia dates back to about a century ago, when the former Soviet Union in 1921 annexed the Nakhchivan region, which had a majority Armenian population, and Armenians constituted 94% of its population, to Azerbaijan. .
The worst fighting since 2016 has raised the possibility of a full-scale war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which for decades have been locked in a fight for control of Nagorno Karabakh.
The Nagorno Karabakh region disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Meanwhile, talks have been frozen to resolve the Karabakh conflict, which is among the worst conflicts resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, since a ceasefire agreement was signed in 1994.
Energy-rich Azerbaijan has invested heavily in its military and has repeatedly vowed to retake Karabakh by force. Armenia, in turn, announced that it will defend the region that declared its independence but is still heavily dependent on Yerevan.
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