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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov is now on the frontline to support the morale of the country’s military officers and soldiers.

As part of his visit to the contact line of troops, Hasanov and the ministry’s commanding staff met with medical personnel of one of the mobile field hospitals operating on the frontline on April 26.

Natig Aliyev, the head of Chief Medical Department, reported on the activities carried out in the hospital. The minister was also informed about the compliance of mobile field hospitals to the highest standards, which would enable to provide professional surgical aids during the war situation.

Following the visit, Hasanov gave relevant instructions and recommendations.

The day before, Hasanov visited Terter region of Azerbaijan. Accompanied by head of the Tartar District Executive Authority Mustagim Mammadov, the minister reviewed the houses of residents, which were damaged as a result of shelling by the Armenian armed forces on the night of April 26.

The minister met with local residents, listened to them, and inquired about their concerns and problems.

The Defense Ministry reported that breaching the truce, the Armenian military units shelled the Azerbaijani positions and settlements located in Terter region using 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, multiple rocket launchers and other weapons. Thus, eight houses located in the villages of Terter region have suffered severe damage from the Armenian shelling.

Hasanov and the Ministry`s leadership also visited the military units located on the frontline. He met with the military personnel, who are on duty on the recently liberated territories, and reviewed their combat, moral and physical preparedness.

The Defense minister watched the enemy positions from the common post of one of the units on the frontline, after which he was informed about the operational situation and activities carried out on the defense line.

The military personnel stated that they faithfully serve the motherland and the people, and are ready to fulfill the task of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to liberate the occupied Azerbaijani territories.

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 the surrounding districts.

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