(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The Armenian armed forces have shelled Azerbaijani army
positions in Tovuz and liberated Kalbajar, Azernews reports citing
the ministry.
In a statement, posted on its website, the Ministry said that
“starting from the evening of May 31 to the night of June 1, the
Armenian armed forces units from the positions in the direction of
Musurskend settlement of Tovuzgala region and Yukhari Shorzha
settlement of Basarkechar region of the state border using small
arms subjected to fire the positions of the Azerbaijan army in the
direction of Aghdam settlement of Tovuz region and Zaylik
settlement of the Kalbajar region”.
The Azerbaijani army units took appropriate retaliatory measures
to suppress the opposite side.
Armenia periodically shells Azerbaijani military positions
located on its liberated territories. The previous truce violation
took place on May 18 in the Kalbajar direction. The Tovuz region,
which lies near the Armenian border and is far away from
Azerbaijan's liberated regions, is also frequently targeted by
Armenian forces.
To recap, on May 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
European Council President Charles Michel, and Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels. After the meeting, Michel
said that Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on a number of key issues,
including the creation of border delimitation commissions, of which
the first meeting was held on May 24.
Earlier, Ilham Aliyev stated that peace will return to the
Caucasus based on the five principles Baku recently proposed for
normalizing relations with Armenia. He made the remarks during a
meeting with Polish Foreign Minister, OSCE Chairman-in-Office,
Zbigniew Rau, on March 31.
“The five principles we have initiated reflect the norms of
international law and good international conduct... Reciprocal
recognition of territorial integrity and inviolability of
international borders, and then the delimitation of borders – I
think that peace will come to the Caucasus on this basis. We want
it,” he said.
The president emphasized that these principles are fundamental
to any interstate relations.
“We are seeing the potential for active cooperation amongst the
three countries of the South Caucasus, and I think that this will
be important not only for these countries but also for the wider
region,” he added.
The trilateral ceasefire deal, signed by the Azerbaijani and
Armenian leaders with the mediation of the Russian president on
November 10, 2020, ended the three-decade conflict over
Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, which along with the seven adjacent
regions came under the occupation of Armenian armed forces in the
war in the early 1990s.
The deal also stipulated the return of Azerbaijan's Kalbajar,
Aghdam and Lachin regions. Before the signing of the peace deal,
Azerbaijan liberated 300 villages, settlements, city centers, and
historical Shusha city that had been under Armenian occupation for
about 30 years.
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