(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Sabina Mammadli
The Armenian armed forces have shelled Azerbaijani military
positions near the state border in the liberated Kalbajar region,
Azernews reports, citing the Defense Ministry.
On July 30, in the morning, units of the Armenian armed forces,
using various weapons, subjected to fire the Azerbaijani army
positions in the direction of the Demirchidam settlement of the
Kalbajar region from their positions from the Yenikend settlement
of the Basarkechar region, the Ministry said.
Units of the Azerbaijani army took appropriate retaliatory
measures to suppress the opposite side, the report added.
Armenia periodically shells Azerbaijani military positions on
its liberated territories.
The trilateral ceasefire deal signed by the Azerbaijani, Russian
and Armenian leaders 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
historic Shusha city that had been under Armenian occupation for
about 30 years.
On January 11, 2021, the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian
leaders signed the second statement since the end of the 44-day
war. The newly-signed statement was set to implement clause 9 of
the November 2020 statement related to the unblocking of all
economic and transport communications in the region.
On November 26, 2021, the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian
leaders signed a statement and agreed on a number of issues,
including the demarcation and delimitation of the
Azerbaijani-Armenian border by late 2021, some points related to
humanitarian issues and the issue of unblocking of transport
corridors which applies to the railway and to automobile
communications.
On December 14, 2021, during the Brussels meeting, organized
between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders at the initiative of
European Council President Charles Michel, the sides reaffirmed
their commitment to the conditions agreed in the Sochi meeting.
Both sides agreed to establish a temporary working group on the
delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The issue of demining the liberated territories of Azerbaijan
was also brought up on the agenda, and the European Union's
readiness to provide technical assistance to Azerbaijan in this
regard was underlined at the meeting.
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