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Mortar attacks and shelling of border posts of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan

According to the report of the International Group of the Online News Agency, on Tuesday Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan claimed that their border posts were bombed by the other side.

The “Trend News” agency quoted the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and announced that the Armenian armed forces had bombed the positions of the Azerbaijani army in “Aghdam” and “Shusha”.

The Armenian Ministry of Defense immediately rejected Baku’s claim. According to “Radio Armenia”, the Armenian Ministry of Defense published pictures showing that Azerbaijani forces had bombed Armenian positions with mortars. Armenia declared that its forces did not cause any casualties in this incident.


The alleged photo of the Armenian Ministry of Defense

The second war between Baku and Yerevan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region ended on November 9, 2020 (November 19, 2019) with a ceasefire agreement signed by the Prime Minister of Armenia, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of Russia. Russia played the role of mediator in this agreement. During this period of conflict, the Republic of Azerbaijan removed regions, including Nagorno-Karabakh, from the occupation of Armenia.

And the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced, in a statement, on Saturday, the identification of a group of Armenian soldiers in the border areas during engineering operations.

This ministry claimed that a number of Armenian soldiers in the border area, where the Russian peacekeepers are stationed, under the cover of agricultural activities, were trying to build fortifications in front of the positions of the Army of the Republic of Azerbaijan located on “Aghdam”. road.

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Armenian forces stopped their activities and left the region as a result of the swift actions of the army units.

The Armenian Ministry of Defense rejected Baku’s claim and declared that the version of the Ministry of the Republic of Azerbaijan does not correspond to reality.

Peace talks have been held between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan in recent days, but according to Yerevan, the blockade of the Armenian part of Nagorno-Karabakh continues and the important road to Lachin is cut off by Baku.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan said, in a meeting with the residents of the “Lachin” region, on Sunday, that Karabakh, where the Armenians live today, is the legitimate ancestral land of the Republic of Azerbaijan (more details).

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