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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Armenians kept pigs in mosques in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh territories.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh shows that Armenia hates Muslims. This was stated on November 2 in a meeting with representatives of the Turkish-speaking states by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the head of state is quoted by his website.
“The situation in the occupied territories is deplorable. All of our historical and religious monuments have been destroyed and insulted. the state hates the entire Muslim world, otherwise there would be no such basic actions, “Aliyev said.
He called Armenia “a cruel enemy” and noted that the whole Muslim world sees it.
In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region. Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, declared that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and wounded.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
Subsequently, Aliyev reported several times on the capture of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
Agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh on several occasions, but each time they were violated.
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