Armenian Side Once Again Commits Provocation - Azerbaijani Mod
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 5. The
Armenian side has once again committed a provocation, Ministry of
Defense of Azerbaijan said, trend reports.
The ministry said that, operational information has
been received on the transportation of military equipment,
ammunition, and personnel from the Republic of Armenia to the
territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent
is temporarily deployed, along the Khankendi-Khalfali-Turshsu dirt
road.
'On the morning of March 5, in order to verify the
information received, Azerbaijani army units attempted to detain
and inspect vehicles engaged in illegal military transportation.
Fire was opened from the opposite side, and as a result of the
shoot-out, there are dead and wounded on both sides,' the ministry
said.
The Azerbaijani side informs the command of the
Russian peacekeeping contingent that the implementation of the
paragraphs of the trilateral statement must be ensured
unconditionally and fully.
The ministry noted that the only road that can be used
between the Karabakh Economic Region and the Republic of Armenia is
the Lachin-Khankendi road. Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry once again
reminded the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent that
the transportation of military and other purposes on other routes
is categorically unacceptable.
The ministry reminded that earlier as well, there were
facts of transportation of ammunition and other military equipment,
including mines, fuel, and manpower, from Armenia to the Karabakh
Economic Region.
'The Azerbaijani side has repeatedly warned the
international community about the transportation of mines along the
mentioned route. In addition, we inform that in 2022,
representatives of the Joint Turkish-Russian Monitoring Center were
organized to visit this territory to inspect mines set up by the
Armenian side and subsequently discovered,' said the statement.
'Today's incident once again shows the need for
Azerbaijan to create a checkpoint on the Lachin-Khankendi road. The
fact that Armenia is carrying out military transportation to the
Karabakh Economic Region of Azerbaijan is a continuation of the
aggression and terror policy of this country against Azerbaijan.
The entire responsibility for the provocation lies with the
military-political leadership of Armenia,' the ministry
concluded.
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