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Azerbaijani army foils Armenian sabotage groups’ attack

26 January 2015 13:34 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani army foils Armenian sabotage groups’ attack

By Sara Rajabova

Defying all calls to abide by the ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan, Armenia still continues to aggravate tension on the contact line of Armenian-Azerbaijani troops with constant provocations on frontline.

Suffering numerous losses in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh region in recent days, the Armenian armed forces once again resorted to more aggressive provocations due to their failures on the frontline.

Armenian sabotage and reconnaissance groups attempted to attack the positions of the Azerbaijani army along the frontline and on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on January 26, noting that the Armenian sabotage groups' sudden attacks have been successfully foiled.

The units of the Azerbaijani armed forces have showed personal bravery and courage in an unequal battle with the enemy, whose number exceeded the Azerbaijani soldiers. While preventing the enemy attack, three servicemen of the Azerbaijani army were martyred and some others wounded.

The martyred servicemen were posthumously awarded with Medal “For Distinction in Military Service” third degree according to the decree of Colonel-General Zakir Hasanov, Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister.

The leadership of the Defense Ministry expressed their deepest condolences to the relatives of martyrs.

The Ministry underlined that: “We do not hide the truth from our own nation.” It noted that the Armenian media’s reports about the numerous losses of the Azerbaijani army on the frontline are baseless.

The Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire 124 times during the day using large-caliber machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades in different parts of the frontline, the Ministry also reported.

The ceasefire was violated in Kohnegishlag village in Aghstafa region, Gizilhajili, Kemerli and Gaymagli villages in Gazakh region, Alibeyli, Agdam, Agbulaq, Kokhanebi and Munjuglu villages in Tovuz region, nameless hills in Gadabay region, as well as Tap Garagoyunlu village in Goranboy region, Goyarkh, Chileburt, Yarimja, Chayli villages in Terter region, Yusifjanli, Shikhlar, Javahirli, Marzili, Shuraabad, Garagashli, Novruzlu, Sarijali, Kengerli villages in Agdam region, Kuropatkino village in Khojavand region, Horadiz, Garakhanbeyli, Ashagi Veyselli, Ashagi Seyidahmedli villages in Fuzuli region, Mehdili village in Jabrayil region. The enemy was silenced with a retaliatory fire.

The Ministry went on saying that during January, 17 Armenian servicemen were killed and about 20 others wounded.

Since early January, the Armenian armed forces have resorted to sabotage and provocation on the contact line at least for four times. The Armenians repeat the same scenario of provocations as it was last January, when several Azerbaijani servicemen were killed during the enemy sabotage groups’ sudden attacks.

The recent skirmishes on the contact line of Armenian-Azerbaijani troops and Yerevan’s continuing of its policy of aggression undermine the peace process over the resolution of the long-lasting Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The experts are not hopeful for the resolution of conflict in 2015, as Armenia openly shows it doesn’t want peace and is satisfied with the status quo.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. The bloody war, which flared up due to Armenia's territorial claims against its South Caucasus neighbor, left without home over a million of civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh and the regions adjoining it, as well as the regions bordering with Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.

They are temporarily settled in more than 1,600 settlements across 62 cities and regions of Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijanis who were displaced from their homes as result of the brutal war were forced to live in refugee camps, tents and wagons in very difficult conditions.

Moreover, thousands of Azerbaijanis have been expelled from Armenia and become refugees due to Armenia's ethnic cleansing policy after the emergence of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. As a result of the military aggression of Armenia, over 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed, 4,866 are reported missing and almost 100,000 were injured, and 50,000 were disabled.

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Sara Rajabova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @SaraRajabova

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