Azerbaijani Defense Minister visits frontline
By Gunay Camal
Azerbaijan`s Defense Minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and the ministry`s senior officials visited military units located on the frontline on May 10.
Hasanov met with the military personnel in the recently retaken territories, and reviewed their combat, moral and physical preparedness, and checked the sustainability of defense line, fire capabilities of the troops, readiness of combat equipment, ammunition and other means.
The minister viewed the enemy positions from a post of one of the units on the frontline, and was informed about the operational situation and activities on the defense line.
He also met with servicemen who distinguished themselves during the April battles, and presented them with gifts.
The military personnel assured the minister that they will continue faithfully serving the motherland and people, and are ready to fulfill the task of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to liberate the occupied Azerbaijani territories.
Earlier on the same day, under Zakir Hasanov`s leadership, military hardware groups located on the line of contact conducted an exercise to demonstrate combat readiness.
The event also saw infantry conduct a practical live fire exercise.
Azerbaijan and Armenia for over two decades have been locked in conflict, which emerged over Armenian territorial claims. Since the 1990s war, Armenian armed forces have occupied over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions. The UN Security Council has adopted four resolutions on Armenian withdrawal, but they have not been enforced to this day.
A precarious cease-fire was signed in 1994. However, the Armenian forces commit armistice breaches on the frontline almost every day.
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