Exchange of fire between the forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh

According to the report of the Fars International News Agency, “Azernews” quoted the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan and reported that today (Sunday, March 5) Armenia has once again taken a provocative action against the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan claimed in its statement: operational information was received about the transfer of military equipment, ammunition and personnel from the Republic of Armenia through the Khankandi-Khalfali-Torshesu dirt road to the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily stationed. Is.

In the continuation of this statement, it is stated: In order to verify the information received, the units of the Azerbaijani army tried to stop and inspect the suspicious vehicles, at which time the Armenians opened fire. As a result of the exchange of fire, both sides suffered injuries and casualties.

According to this report, the Armenian media also claimed sabotage attempts and reported three dead and one wounded on their side.

According to Trend, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced in another part of this statement that today’s incident once again shows the necessity of establishing a checkpoint on the Lachin-Khankandi road.

There is tension and accusations between these two neighboring republics while earlier, the Prime Minister of Armenia claimed that the Republic of Azerbaijan is preparing a massive aggression against this country.

“Nikol Pashinyan” said in a meeting with the members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the German Parliament that Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan agreed in Prague that the border delimitation process between the two countries will be based on the “Almaata Declaration”, but surprisingly the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan later announced said that delimitation should be based on historical maps.

He said earlier that the Republic of Azerbaijan did not respond to the proposal of a peace treaty with Yerevan. Meanwhile, the foreign minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan claimed that Armenia rejected the country’s recent proposal. “Jihun Bayramov” announced that Armenia rejected Baku’s proposal to establish a checkpoint on the border between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Bayramov claimed: “Armenia avoids negotiations with Azerbaijan. “Baku is ready to integrate the Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh into the society of the Republic of Azerbaijan.” In response, the head of the Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh said that this region will never merge with the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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