Armenian troops fire at Tartar region
By Rashid Shirinov
Armenian Armed Forces shelled the territory of Azerbaijan’s Tartar region, adjacent to the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, in the evening of May 16.
Chief Executive of Tartar Region Mustagim Mammadov told Trend that Armenians used mortars while shelling the territory of the region.
“Our territories were fired at about 22:30. The villages were not damaged – mainly unpopulated areas came under fire," said Mammadov.
He added that at approximately 22:30, Azerbaijani Armed Forces suppressed the enemy fire with return fire. “Currently, all is quiet, Azerbaijani Armed Forces fully control operational situation,” Mammadov noted.
Chief Executive of Agdam Region Ragub Mammadov has earlier told Trend that Armenian Armed Forces shelled also three villages of Agdam region. As a result, a power line was damaged in Tazakend village of the region.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry reported that starting from the evening of May 16, Armenian armed forces subjected to intensive fire from mortars of various calibers the Azerbaijani positions in the Agdam direction of the front and human settlements.
Thanks to the urgent actions, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces suppressed the enemy. The ministry informed that the military equipment of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was not harmed and the military personnel did not suffer any losses. The artillery shells fired by the Armenian armed forces basically fell on empty sowing areas and on the territory near settlements.
The Defense Ministry also noted that Azerbaijani Armed Forces fully control the operational situation.
Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan by laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.
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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov
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