(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Positions of the Azerbaijani army have come under fire by the
Armenian armed forces in the direction of the liberated Kalbajar
region near the border with Armenia, Azernews reports, citing the
Defense Ministry.
On May 19, in the afternoon, the units of the Armenian armed
forces stationed in Basarkechar region's Ashaghi Shorzha settlement
near the state border fired at Azerbaijani army positions in the
direction of Kalbajar's Yellija settlement, using small arms, the
ministry said.
The Azerbaijani army units took adequate retaliatory measures to
suppress the opposite side.
Armenia periodically shells Azerbaijani military positions
located on its liberated territories. Since early May Azerbaijani
positions have multiple times come under Armenian fire. The
previous truce violation took place on May 18 in the same
direction.
In the same vein, the army's engineering troops continue the
engineering activities in Azerbaijan's de-occupied lands, the
Defense Ministry said in a separate report on May 19.
Units and subunits of the Azerbaijani army are demining and
upgrading the roads to enable safe and uninterrupted vehicle
movement, working on fortifying combat positions and trenches, as
well as creating new supply routes for the units stationed in
complicated terrain.
As a result of the demining activities carried out by the
engineer-sapper units in the liberated lands on May 1-19, over 950
hectares of land were totally cleaned of mines and explosive
ordnance.
“To date, more than 17,200 hectares of area in the liberated
territories have been cleared of mines and unexploded ordnance by
the engineer-sapper units. In total, more than 6,000 anti-personnel
mines, more than 2,100 anti-tank mines, and more than 9,400
unexploded ordnances have been detected and neutralized,” the
ministry said.
The major efforts in the liberated regions are focused on
demining settlements, agricultural fields, highways, and
infrastructural facilities. Over 140 km of new supply roads have
been paved for the units of the armed forces stationed in
mountainous and challenging terrain.
Other vital efforts such as identifying and neutralizing mines
and explosive ordnance, as well as engineering support in the
liberated lands are continuing.
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