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As a result of a missile attack from Armenia on Azerbaijan’s second-largest city, Ganja, one civilian was killed and four wounded, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
As a result of a rocket attack and shelling from Armenia, 22 Azerbaijani citizens were killed today, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
“On October 4, 2020, the Armed Forces of Armenia continued to fire rockets at civilians and civil infrastructure in the city of Terter, as well as in the city of Horadiz, Fizuli region. The second largest city in Azerbaijan, Ganja, was rocket fired from the territory of Armenia. As a result of a deliberate bombardment of So far, 22 peaceful citizens of Azerbaijan, including two school children, have been killed and 74 wounded on the Armenian side, “the statement said.
On Twitter, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs informedthat as a result of the rocket attacks on Ganja, one civilian was killed and four injured.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called what is happening “a military provocation” and “a clear demonstration of the deliberate killing of innocent people, the continuation of Armenia’s aggressive policy.
Rockets and artillery have been fired at several Azerbaijani settlements in the morning from Armenia, Baku said. In Ganja he suffered civilians, civil infrastructure and historic buildings, reported the country’s defense department. Yerevan denied Shelling of the territory of Azerbaijan from its territory on October 4. In Nagorno-Karabakh, they reported on the Stepanakert bombing.
Nagorno-Karabakh In 1991 with the support of Armenia it 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.
On September 27, 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 start of a 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.
Turkey is open declared support for Azerbaijan in conflict with Armenia. President Recep Erdogan said that Armenia must go the Nagorno-Karabakh territory occupied by him. Russia called on Turkey and other countries to convince Azerbaijan and Armenia to return to a peaceful settlement.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he did not turn to Russia for military help in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. However, Russian military trucks Ural and GAZ were seen at the positions of the units of the Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations. One of the vehicles contained anti-tank ammunition.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on September 29 that the countries are not ready for negotiations on the settlement of the conflict. The Armenian Foreign Ministry announced on October 2 that Yerevan is ready for the negotiation process.
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