Defense Ministry dismisses reports about downed helicopter
The reports about the Azerbaijani helicopter allegedly downed along the line of contact are false.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry made a statement in an interview with Trend on April 2.
Earlier, media outlets reported about a downed helicopter citing Armenia’s Defense Ministry.
Currently, the situation along the contact line is tense, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
A civilian was killed and another wounded as a result of the fire opened by the Armenian armed forces, the ministry added.
Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts from Azerbaijan in a war that followed the Soviet breakup in 1991. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and nearly 1 million were displaced as a result of the war.
Large-scale hostilities ended with a Russia-brokered ceasefire in 1994, but Armenia has continued the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal.
Peace talks mediated by Russia, France, and the U.S. have produced no results so far.
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