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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan, more than Armenia, is interested in establishment of an international military tribunal over the recent events on the contact line of troops, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said on April 14.

The ministry made such a statement in a response to Yerevan, which announced about possibility of appealing to the UN to create an international military tribunal in connection with the recent events.

Baku believes that the creation of a military tribunal will help to prove countless bloody crimes committed against Azerbaijanis.

"The genocide of Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly is a sufficient fact to force the Armenian leadership and its field commanders to stand before the International Criminal Court and to receive condign punishment," the defense ministry stressed.

Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared up again on April 2 when Yerevan, which has pursued an aggressive and occupation policy against Baku, tried to tarnish Azerbaijan’s image by provoking war and repeatedly violating the ceasefire and firing on civilians.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on April 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides.

Later, the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have retrieved the bodies of the military personnel left on the battlefield in accordance with the agreement, which was reached through the mediation of relevant international organizations.

However, despite the agreement, Armenian Armed Forces continue to violate ceasefire on the contact line of troops. Azerbaijan’s State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing People said the enemy also violated the ceasefire during the process of exchanging the bodies of the military personnel.

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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova

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