Nagorno-Karabakh leader Areik Hartyun said on Twitter that “mill items in Azerbaijan’s major cities” are the target of Artasakh’s defense forces. Azerbaijan vows to leave these cities so as not to inevitably harm the population. “Artasakh Nagorno is the Armenian name of Karabakh.
He wrote, “Currently the firing on my order has stopped so as not to harm # civilians. The failure of Azerbaijan’s military-political leadership to draw the right lesson will get us a favorable response. It will never decide. # Azerbaijan still has its aggression.” Can stop. “
Populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians, Nagorno-Karabakh sits in the Azerbaijani region. Its claim to independence is supported by Armenia, with which it is connected by two highways. Nagorno-Karabakh also controls a handful of territories that are internationally recognized as belonging to Azerbaijan.
Neighboring countries have long been at loggerheads over the mountainous region and fought a war over it, which ended in 1994. Although Russia’s brokerage ended the conflict with a ceasefire, military clashes between the two sides are not uncommon.
Azerbaijan said on Sunday that its densely populated city of Ganja and some districts near Nagorno-Karabakh had been attacked by missile fire from Armenia.
“From the territory of Armenia, haphazard missile attacks are carried out on the cities of Ganja, Fazuli, Tartar and Gabriel in Azerbaijan. Ganja is the second largest city in Azerbaijan. 500,000+ population,”
Hajiyev also tweeted a video of buildings and cars damaged by rising smoke in the sky, and people gathered in the streets to say, “The city of Ganja is the result of Armenia’s massive missile attack on residential areas. Citizens retain their right to take adequate action against Azerbaijan.” And legitimate military goals to bring peace to Armenia …
Armenia’s Defense Ministry has denied firing on Azerbaijan.
“The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has formally announced that no fire is being opened from the territory of Armenia in the direction of #Azarbaijan,” Armenian Defense Ministry Press Secretary Shushan Stepanyein said on Twitter on Sunday.
Erin Melikian and Arzu Gibulaeva contributed to the report.
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