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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh in a closed-door session. In the joint statement made after the meeting, it was stated that there was concern about the large-scale military action that was taking place on the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to AA news; In condemning civilian casualties and the use of force in conflicts, the United Nations Security Council called on the parties to quickly question the conflict, reduce tension and return to substantive negotiations without delay.
On September 27, clashes broke out in the morning on the front line between Armenia and Azerbaijan, when Armenian forces opened fire on Azerbaijani civilian settlements. The Azerbaijani army launched a counterattack and liberated some settlements from occupation.
The occupation of Azerbaijani lands by Armenia
During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Armenian nationalists claimed rights in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian armed groups occupied Khankendi in 1991 and Khojaly and Shusha the following year. Armenian forces, which later captured Lachin, Hodjavend, Kelbajar and Agdere, entered Aghdam in 1993. Aghdam was followed by the occupation of the provinces of Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Gubadli and Zangilan.
During the period when 20 percent of Azerbaijani territory was occupied, almost 1 million civilians were displaced.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed the ceasefire agreement known as the “Bishkek Protocol” at the initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Kyrgyz Parliament, the Federal Assembly of Russia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 4 to 5 May 1994 in Bishkek. But the ceasefire remained on paper and thousands of soldiers died in the fighting.
In 1992, the Minsk Group was established to promote the peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and to mediate between the parties.
The OSCE Minsk Group, co-chaired by Russia, France and the United States, has not achieved concrete results for the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, despite many attempts in the last 27 years.
