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The renewed fire in Nagorno-Karabakh has been described as an “anti-terrorist operation” (Photo: Russian Defense Ministry)
“After the announcement of a ceasefire on November 10, 2020, according to a statement signed by the Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation and the Prime Minister of Armenia, some Armenian armed formations remained in the forested area of the northwestern part of the village of Hadrut in the Khojavend region of Azerbaijan, “said the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. …
According to the ministry, the Armenian media wrote that the armed groups got lost in the forest, after which the Armenian side appealed to the command of the peacekeepers of the Russian Federation with a request to withdraw them from this territory.
Azerbaijan stated that it has provided conditions for the withdrawal from the territory of the mentioned Armenian armed formations. However, the Armenian armed groups «it created combat positions and in recent days committed terrorist provocations and sabotage actions against people and the military who were carrying out civil service in this territory from the Azerbaijani side, ”he says in Baku. Four soldiers of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces died.
This was the reason for the anti-terrorist operation, explained the Ministry of Defense.
Earlier, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that the Armenian army carried out provocations in Karabakh, and the Azerbaijani army stopped these attempts.
At the same time, the Armenian President, Armen Sarkissian, demanded to convene an extraordinary session of the parliament due to the violation of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan.
