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Calm has returned to the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno Karabakh after clashes in which there were deaths and injuries, the first of its kind since the ceasefire took effect more than a month ago, and while Baku and Yerevan exchanged accusations for violating the armistice, the president of Azerbaijan threatened to “destroy” Armenia if it caught fire. A new war.
Yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had detected the first violation of the ceasefire regime in force since November 10 in the Hadrot-Baqar Bagh area.
The ministry said, in a statement covering daily the activities of Russian peacekeepers deployed in the region, that the violation occurred on Friday.
For his part, a spokesman for the Russian peacekeepers in the region confirmed that there had been an exchange of fire with automatic weapons, indicating that the Azerbaijani and Armenian parties were called upon to respect the ceasefire.
Baku and Yerevan presented two different accounts of the clash that occurred on Friday night in the vicinity of two villages located south of Karabakh, and the Armenian forces still control them despite the fact that Azerbaijan has regained most of the region and the areas in its vicinity that were occupied by Armenia since the war that broke out in the early 1990s.
And the Defense Ministry of the Armenian separatists, who controlled Karabakh, spoke of an attack by the Azerbaijani army that resulted in the injuries of 6 of its fighters.
In turn, the Armenian Defense Ministry accused the Azerbaijani forces of resuming their offensive operations in the two villages, which are the only two Armenian in the Hadrot region.
On the other hand, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced today that 4 of its soldiers were killed in the confrontation, and had previously condemned what it called Armenian provocations, and said that it had taken what it described as appropriate countermeasures, emphasizing that Azerbaijan respects the high the fire.
According to Armenian officials, the two villages are surrounded by Azerbaijani forces, controlling the only road leading to them.
Aliyev warned Armenia of the consequences of starting a new war (French)Aliyev threatens
Commenting on recent events on the ground, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev blamed Armenia for the clashes.
In a meeting in Baku with American and French diplomats from the “Minsk” group concerned about the Nagorno Karabakh region, which includes Russia, the United States and France, Aliyev issued a strong warning to Armenia.
In this regard, he said, “You must be very careful, and not plan any military action … This time we will destroy you completely … This should not be a secret, and I hope it does not happen.”
He also threatened to hit Armenia with “hitting her on the head with an iron fist”, accusing what he called the remains of the Armenian militias of carrying out terrorist acts yesterday, in reference to the recent clashes.
And during the meeting The sameThe Azerbaijani president said that the Minsk Group has not moved in 28 years to solve the Karabakh issue, adding that his country managed to solve this crisis on its own and forced Armenia to surrender.
He also said that his country is documenting what it described as war crimes committed by Armenian forces, including the bombardment of cities with ballistic missiles.
Last Thursday, Azerbaijan organized a large military parade to celebrate the victory achieved in Karabakh.
Speaking on the sidelines of the same military parade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the political support given by his country to Azerbaijan during the recent war with Armenia, saying that “the struggle in the political and military spheres will now continue. on many other fronts. “
The last war in the Nagorno Karabakh region broke out on September 27 last and lasted 44 days, and under the pressure of military defeats, Armenia was forced to accept a Russian-negotiated ceasefire and withdrew its forces from most of it. of Karabakh and 4 provinces located in its surroundings.
And there were around 5,000 soldiers killed on both sides, in addition to dozens of civilians, according to official figures announced by Baku and Yerevan.
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