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Azerbaijani minister visits new military unit in frontline

13 May 2016 17:43 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijani minister visits new military unit in frontline

By Rashid Shirinov

Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov visited a newly established military unit on the frontline at the instruction of the President of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev.

A new military unit built for the frontline battalion has been provided with modern equipment modern equipment, the Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

Hasanov met with the unit’s personnel who mostly live in nearby villages to talk about the conditions created here.

He informed the personnel on the works carried out to further enhance combat and moral-psychological training, improve the service members’ social conditions, and strengthen the logistics base.

Zakir Hasanov also gave instructions over the construction of new military units along the frontline.

On the night of April 2, all Azerbaijani border positions came under intense fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and artillery by Armenia. In addition, a number of frontline settlements of civilians were shot. Some of them were killed or wounded.

The sides agreed to ceasefire from 12 p.m. of April 5. However, Armenia constantly violates it throughout all the frontline.

Azerbaijani Army destroyed 370 enemy soldiers, 12 tanks, 12 armored vehicles and 15 artillery.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

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