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Azerbaijan and Armenia declared themselves supporters of the peace negotiations on the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, but at the same time accused each other of not being willing to accept them.
Baku and Yerevan are not prepared to solve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh in peace talks. The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, announced it on September 29 on the air of the Russian television channel “Russia 24”.
Aliyev emphasized that Azerbaijan only responds to aggression and accused Armenia of using the Karabakh conflict to distract its population from internal problems.
“The President of Armenia says that Karabakh is the territory of Armenia … There can be no negotiations with Armenia taking into account the current position of its leadership,” he said.
Pashinyan called on the world community to condemn the actions of Azerbaijan and Turkey, which support him. He said that peace negotiations were impossible while military operations were being carried out in the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
At the same time, both sides of the conflict declared themselves in favor of the peace negotiations and accused each other of not being willing to accept them.
Large-scale hostilities began in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on the bombing of peaceful settlements, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation” and bombardment of the Azerbaijani army positions. Azerbaijan announced the civilians killed and wounded as a result of the shelling from Armenia.
The previous exacerbation in the region was in July. July 12 near the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia there was an armed clashOn July 13 the conflict continued. Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan informedthat Azerbaijani troops destroyed a stronghold on the territory of Armenia, artillery installations, vehicles and manpower. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported on the “provocative actions” of the Azerbaijani side. In Baku, 12 were reported to have died during the fighting in the Tovuz region, including Major General Polad Khashimov. On the side of the Armenian army, four died.
In 1991, with the support of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh 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 Armistice and 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.
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