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Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers on Friday to visit Moscow for negotiations, while Azerbaijan announced that it had made progress on the ground and confirmed its refusal to halt the fighting ahead of the withdrawal. of Armenia from the disputed Karabakh region.
The Kremlin said in a statement that “on October 9, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia were invited to visit Moscow for consultations,” with the mediation of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The statement clarified that the objective is to “stop the fighting” to exchange prisoners and, in particular, the bodies of the dead soldiers.
“The president of Russia calls for an end to the fighting in Nagorno Karabakh for humanitarian reasons, with the aim of exchanging the bodies of the dead and the prisoners,” the statement said.
He noted that Putin held talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.
“Baku and Yerevan have confirmed their participation in the Moscow consultations,” France-Presse agency quoted a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying, adding that “preparations are underway” for the talks scheduled for Friday.
A meeting in Geneva
In the same context, parties from the Misank Group are scheduled to meet with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jihon Permov in Geneva on Friday, and the group includes Russia, the United States and France.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry announced that “the purpose of the visit is to present Azerbaijan’s position on the resolution of the conflict.”
Paris expressed hope that the Geneva and Moscow meetings will lead to “starting negotiations.”
Putin urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop fighting and exchange prisoners and corpses (Reuters)Battle flow
On the ground, Azerbaijan announced progress on the ground in the Karabakh region and highlighted its refusal to halt the fighting before the withdrawal of Armenian forces.
Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman Anar Iwazov confirmed that his country’s army “has not withdrawn from any area that it liberated from Armenian occupation, and that everything is progressing according to the operation plan,” and stressed that the operation will continue until the release is completely completed.
Iwazov indicated that his country’s army destroyed an Armenian military convoy and destroyed 10 tanks, 6 “D-20” artillery (D-20), a howitzer and 30 military vehicles.
And it indicated that the defeated Armenian forces resorted to bombarding Goran Boy, Tatar and Aghdam provinces, and Iggha Badi and Bardi with missiles, resulting in civilian casualties.
The Defense Ministry released new aerial scenes, showing that its forces were targeting Armenian tanks and armored vehicles, as it is clear from the images that the Armenian tanks and armored vehicles were concealed by covert means, and the Al-Jazeera correspondent cited Armenian military sources saying Azerbaijani bombardment has resumed in and around Stepanakert, the capital of the region.
In the city of Shusha, the bombing hit a cathedral with historical symbolism for Armenians, causing some journalists to be injured.
The Azeri army denied having bombed the site, emphasizing that it did not target “historical and cultural buildings and monuments, especially religious ones,” accusing the separatists of “attacking populated areas.”
(Anatolia) Erdogan: We continue to support Azerbaijan in its legitimate struggle to regain its occupied landsOn the other hand, the Ministry of Defense of the Nagorno Karabakh region, which is not internationally recognized, reported on the renewed fighting between its forces and the Azerbaijani army in the different combat axes, especially in the southern and northern axes, referring to what he considered a decrease in the activity of the Azeri forces.
Earlier, the Armenian Defense Ministry said that the Azerbaijani army tried to launch an attack on the city of Gabriel (south of Nagorno Karabakh) and that regional forces repelled the attack and killed 20 soldiers, pushing those forces to retreat.
Turkish position
For his part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his support for Azerbaijan, saying that the solution to the Nagorno Karabakh region involves ending the Armenian occupation, considering that this problem “has turned into gangrene for 30 years, due to the arrogant and rigid position of Armenia “.
Erdogan stressed Turkey’s continued support for Azerbaijan in its legitimate fight to regain its occupied lands.
Turning to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, during his participation in the inauguration ceremony of an armed training ship for the Qatari Navy, he said that Armenia is committing war crimes targeting women, children and civilians, and that the army Azerbaijani can protect their lands without help or interference from anyone.
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