(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 26 . The Ministry of
Defense of Azerbaijan expresses its regret over the unilateral
statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
dated March 26, 2022, Trend reports citing Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry.
During a telephone conversation on March 25, Minister of Defense
Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov and Minister of Defense of the
Russian Federation General Sergei Shoigu discussed the situation in
Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is
temporarily stationed. During the conversation, the Azerbaijani
side stated that positions in the areas and places of deployment
are being clarified.
'However, despite this, on the morning of March 26, members of
illegal Armenian armed groups attempted to sabotage units of the
Azerbaijani army. As a result of immediate measures, members of the
illegal Armenian armed groups were forced to retreat.
The Ministry of Defense reports that Azerbaijan is committed to
the tripartite statement of November 10, 2020 and has not violated
any of its provisions.
We note with regret that, in accordance with paragraph 4 of this
statement, the complete withdrawal of the remnants of the Armenian
army and illegal Armenian armed formations from the territory of
Azerbaijan has not yet been carried out. Therefore, it is Armenia,
and not Azerbaijan, that violates the provisions of the statement,'
the ministry noted.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan also stated that this
statement by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
contradicts the essence of bilateral relations and the Declaration
on Allied Cooperation signed between the two countries on February
22, 2022.
'There is no administrative-territorial unit called
'Nagorno-Karabakh' on the territory of Azerbaijan. The village
mentioned in the statement is not called Furukh, but Farrukh.
In connection with the above, the Ministry of Defense of the
Republic of Azerbaijan asks the Ministry of Defense of the Russian
Federation to completely withdraw the remnants of the Armenian army
and illegal Armenian armed formations from the territories of
Azerbaijan recognized by the international community, not to
describe in a distorted form the movement of the Azerbaijani armed
forces within the sovereign territories of our country, not to use
the term 'Nagorno-Karabakh' and correctly name the territories of
Azerbaijan,' reported to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
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