Armenia prepares for a new great war: President of Azerbaijan

The clashes in July 2020 on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan are the result of provocation by Yerevan, Ilham Aliyev noted.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the concentration of the Armed Forces of Armenia near the line of contact in the Karabakh conflict zone. Consider this to be Yerevan’s preparation for war.

Aliyev said this in an interview with various Azerbaijani television channels, the text of which was published on the president’s website.

In his words, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan deliberately carries out various provocations to exacerbate the Karabakh conflict.

“Armenia is carrying out illegal settlements (in Nagorno-Karabakh, ed.). This contradicts all international conventions. This is completely contrary to the Geneva Convention, this is a crime. To bring people from somewhere and settle on the lands Busy is a crime. The Pashinyan regime does it deliberately. This is a provocation, we are being drawn into a provocation, “Aliyev said.

The head of state stressed that the July 2020 clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border are also a consequence of Yerevan’s provocation.

“This is an armed provocation, and it is no secret to anyone that Armenia started it. A senior official from one of the countries co-chairs of the Minsk Group has already declared this openly. I said then, and I say it today: we have no military targets in the Armenian territory, if we wanted, we could go to the Armenian territory, we had all the military capabilities for that, but we did not, because in our political-military concept this does not exist, if a serious provocation is not committed against us, then There will be no restrictions for us, let everyone know this. There are no restrictions. If they ignore international law, then why should we abide by it, we will also ignore it, but this will all end badly for them, “he said.

Aliyev believes that one of the reasons for Armenia’s provocation in July on the edge of provocation was to investigate what would be the reaction of its allies in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

“Because they (the Armenians – ed.) Are preparing for a new great war. We have operational intelligence. We know what is happening around us. We know it and we must know it. Our special services work very effectively. I can say a lot , nothing else”. added the president of Azerbaijan.

Let us remind you that on July 12 there was a further aggravation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, when Yerevan and Baku accused each other of violating the ceasefire regime in the section of the common border, which is located to the north of the disputed region. of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the Azerbaijan Defense Ministry, the Armenian armed forces in the Tovuz region, on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, subjected Azerbaijani positions to artillery fire. The Armenian Defense Ministry reported that the Azerbaijani military tried to violate the border in a UAZ vehicle and seize a stronghold under cover of artillery fire.

After that, the parties exchanged threats to attack each other’s strategic objectives.

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