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Reuters quoted the Armenian Foreign Ministry as saying this was the first case of casualties in the country since clashes broke out in the separatist area of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 29 accused each other of attacking enemy territory, far from the site of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
From the city of Vardenis, the Armenian army “bombed the Dashkesan region” within Azerbaijan, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. However, Armenia denied such accusations. The Azerbaijani envoy to Russia also told Sputnik radio that “not a single bomb reached Armenian territory.”
Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 29 accused each other of attacking enemy territory, far from the site of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Photo: Sputnik
Armenia claims that the Nagorno-Karabakh army “shot down two Azerbaijani helicopters with Igla surface-to-air missiles.”
On September 29, Armenia announced that the Nagorno-Karabakh army had “shot down two Azerbaijani helicopters with Igla surface-to-air missiles.” The press secretary of the Armenian Defense Ministry, Shushan Stepanyan, also released video footage of the plane being hit by local forces.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on September 29 that Ankara was on Baku’s side and condemned the “Armenian attack on Azerbaijan.” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara stands ready to assist Baku in negotiations or fighting as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues to escalate.
“We wanted the problem (in Nagorno-Karabakh) to be solved satisfactorily. We tried a lot, but it was all in vain. We were always alongside Azerbaijan, both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table.” We will continue this unity, “Cavusoglu told reporters in Ankara after visiting the Azerbaijani embassy.
The president of the Parliamentary Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Georgi Tsereteli, calls on international organizations to end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Kremlin also stressed that military support to Azerbaijan or Armenia would only intensify the conflict.
Pham Nghia (Reuters, Sputnik)
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