(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. Czechia is
concerned with the new fighting along the Azerbaijani-Armenian
border, which regrettably is resulting in loss of lives, Trend reports with
reference to the statement of Czechia's foreign ministry.
“No military clashes can bring sustainable peace to the South
Caucasus. It is essential to continue negotiations,” reads the
statement.
During the night of September 12, the Armenian armed forces
units committed large-scale provocations in the Dashkasan, Kalbajar
and Lachin directions of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.
At night, the sabotage groups of the Armenian armed forces using
the mountainous terrain of the area and the existing ravine gaps
mined the territories and supply roads between the positions of the
Azerbaijan Army Units in different directions.
Confrontation occurred as a result of urgent measures taken by
the Azerbaijan Army Units in order to immediately suppress these
actions.
The Armenian armed forces stationed in the directions of
Basarkechar, Istisu, Garakilsa and Gorus settlements using various
caliber weapons and mortars subjected to intensive fire some
positions, shelters and strongholds of the Azerbaijan Army in the
territory of Dashkasan, Kalbajar and Lachin regions. As a result,
there were losses among the military personnel, the military
infrastructure was damaged.
The Azerbaijan Army Units deployed in these directions took
decisive retaliatory measures in order to suppress provocations
committed by the Armenian armed forces and military threats to the
territory and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, to ensure the safety of
the military personnel, including civilian workers involved in
infrastructure work in the territory of Kalbajar and Lachin
regions.
Necessary measures were taken to suppress the firing points of
the Armenian armed forces and to prevent the expansion of the scale
of the confrontation.
There are losses among the manpower and combat equipment of the
Armenian armed forces involved in sabotage operations.
During the Armenian provocation, 50 servicemen of the Armed
Forces, including 42 servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army and 8
servicemen of the State Border Service became martyrs.
Moreover, two Azerbaijani civilians were injured as a result of
the large-scale provocation of the Armenian armed forces committed
in the Dashkasan, Kalbajar and Lachin directions of the
Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.
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