Aliyev announced the capture of eight villages in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Azerbaijan



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The Azerbaijani military seized control of villages in the Jabrayil, Gubadli and Zangilan regions, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on November 2 on Twitter set on the capture of eight villages in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of the Azerbaijani army.

“The Azerbaijani armed forces liberated the villages of Charpand, Haji Isakli, Gosha Bulag from the Jebrail region, the villages of Dere Gilyatag and Boyuk Gilatag from the Zangilan region, as well as the villages of Ishigli, Muradkhanli and Milanly from occupation. from the Gubadli region. Long live the armed forces of Azerbaijan! ” , – wrote Aliev.



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.

On October 25 new agreements were reached on an armistice in Nagorno-Karabakh with the mediation of the United States. The ceasefire began at 8:00 a.m. local time on October 26, but was broken within the first hour.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol On October 31, Pashinyan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which, for the first time after the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, he asked the Russian Federation for help. In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that at this stage the Russian Federation cannot provide assistance to Armenia.



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