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Azerbaijan announced its acceptance to participate alongside Armenia in a meeting in Washington on the crisis in the Karabakh region, amid Russian efforts to calm down, while the Azerbaijani army made great strides on Tuesday at the front of the region.
Hikmat Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, confirmed his country’s participation in the meeting to which Armenia was invited in the United States next Friday.
In an exclusive interview with Al-Jazeera, Hajiyev expressed his wishes that the meeting would result in Armenia’s call to withdraw from what he described as the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
In addition to the US measure, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, during a telephone conversation between them, about the measures taken to prevent a further escalation of hostilities in the Karabakh region and to resume negotiations as soon as possible. possible to reach a political and diplomatic agreement.
In the convocation, the two presidents highlighted the need for the belligerent parties to comply with the ceasefire agreements that were reached on the 10th and 17th of this month.
Members of the Security Council convened during a closed-door meeting on Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect the new armistice.
A UN diplomat said all members emphasized that the situation was bad and that both sides should step back and listen to the Secretary-General’s calls for a ceasefire.
Diplomats indicated that Russia was working to issue a statement calling for a commitment to the ceasefire.
One of the tanks captured by the Azerbaijani Army of Armenia (Al-Jazeera)The draft declaration, which council members are expected to agree to this week, calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume negotiations sponsored by the Minsk Group.
Field developments
On the ground, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that two drones belonging to the Armenian forces were shot down near the village of Tap Karaghoyunlu and the city of Ganja.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also announced that his forces had destroyed the Russian-made S-300 system belonging to Armenia.
He added that the army of his country destroyed 50 armored vehicles and 241 tanks, and seized another 39, in addition to destroying large quantities of ammunition, weapons and military equipment of the Armenian forces.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry also released images of what it said were the destruction and attack by Armenian forces in the direction of Kubadli.
In another event, the Ministry announced the raising of the flag in the center of the city of Zenglan in the vicinity of Karabakh, which it had retaken early Tuesday, to be the third city of the 7 cities occupied by Armenia.
According to the Anadolu Agency, the death toll from the Armenian army attacks in the Azerbaijani regions had risen to more than 60 as of Tuesday.
Armenian novel
For its part, the Armenian Defense Ministry described the situation in Karabakh as relatively stable and tense, with fighting continuing in some areas and violent clashes in the south near Iskhanadzor.
The spokesman for the president of the Karabakh region, which is not internationally recognized, confirmed that Azerbaijani forces had not advanced north, indicating that they had suffered heavy losses in life and equipment.
The Armenian Defense Ministry also said its forces killed 150 members of the Azerbaijani army and destroyed 12 armored vehicles.
The ministry released images of what it said were attacks on sites by the Azerbaijani army, which it accused of targeting civilians and residential complexes in the city of Martoni and other cities.
Yerevan announced that 710 Armenian soldiers and 36 civilians were killed in the fighting, while Baku says 60 Azeri civilians were killed.
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