Azerbaijani Military Positions Come Under Armenian Fire In Kalbajar, Tovuz
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Vugar Khalilov
The Armenian armed forces have shelled Azerbaijani military
positions in Kalbajar and Tovuz districts on the state border,
Azernews reports, citing the Defense Ministry.
Starting from 2100 hours on September 7 to 0400 hours on
September 8, units of the Armenian armed forces, using various
caliber arms, periodically subjected to fire Azerbaijani military
positions in Kalbajar's Istisu and Tovuz's Aghdam settlements from
their positions located in the Subatan settlement of Basarkechar
[Gegharkunik] region and Chinarli settlement of Tovuzgala [Tavush]
region on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, 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
liberated territories. Since early September, Azerbaijani positions
have multiple times come under Armenian fire. The previous truce
violation was recorded on September 7 in the direction of Kalbajar
and Lachin districts.
Earlier, Ilham Aliyev stated that peace would come to the
Caucasus based on the five principles Baku has recently proposed
for normalizing relations with Armenia.
To recap, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinyan met for the fourth time in Brussels on
August 31 under the auspices of EU Council President Charles Michel
to look into ways of expediting preparations for drafting a peace
deal.
Meanwhile, the second meeting between the Azerbaijani and
Armenian border delimitation commissions led by Azerbaijani Deputy
Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev and his Armenian counterpart Mher
Grigoryan took place in Moscow on August 30, the Azerbaijani
Foreign Ministry said.
During the meeting, the parties discussed organizational and
procedural issues and exchanged views on the future work of the
commissions and the regulation of their joint activities.
The parties agreed to hold the third meeting in Brussels within
the time period agreed upon.
The first such meeting between Azerbaijan and Armenia occurred
on May 24, 2022.
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