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Azerbaijan prevents Armenian provocation, one soldier killed

8 February 2018 14:09 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan prevents Armenian provocation, one soldier killed

By Rashid Shirinov

One Armenian soldier was killed and two others were seriously injured, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told Trend on February 8 when commenting on Armenian media reports that allegedly Armenian serviceman Ayk Kalantaryan was killed as a result of ceasefire violation.

“Another provocation attempt of the enemy against the Azerbaijani Army positions on the frontline in Fuzuli direction was prevented as a result of preventive measures taken by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces,” the ministry said.

As a result of the death of one soldier and serious injury of two others, the Armenian Armed Forces had to retreat.

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry added that the units of the Azerbaijani Army fully control the operational situation on the frontline.

Thus, Armenia remains deaf to the calls of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to respect the ceasefire as well as their visits to the region. The aggressor country keeps attacking at Azerbaijani troops instead of coming to the negotiating table to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict peacefully.

For more than two decades, Armenia and Azerbaijan are in a state of war following Yerevan’s aggression, ethnic cleansing policy and illegal territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenia keeps under occupation over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.

Baku has repeatedly expressed its consent to come to the negotiating table with Armenia to solve the conflict by peaceful means, but Armenia continues to play for time and avoids substantive negotiations in order to preserve the status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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