Azerbaijan's Zangilan city liberated not long before 27-year anniversary of its occupation
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By Trend
Azerbaijan's Zangilan city, the administrative center of Zangilan district, was occupied by the Armenian Armed Forces on October 29, 1993, Trend reports.
On October 20, 2020, the Azerbaijani army liberated the city, as well as the district's Havala, Zarnali, Mammadbayli, Hakari, Sharifan, and Mughanli villages from the Armenian occupation. Soon, on October 21, 22, 23, and 26, the settlement of Minjivan, the villages of Khuram, Khumarli, Saril, Babayli, Uchunju Aghaly, Gajalli, Girakh Mushlan, Udgun, Turabad, Icheri Mushlan, Melikli, Jahangirbeyli, Kollugishlag, Malatkeshin, Kend Zangilan, Genlik, Valigulubayli, Garadere, Chopedere, Tatar, Tiri, Amirkhanli, Gargulu, Bartaz, Dallakli, and Aghbend settlement were also liberated.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27.
Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated a number of territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as take important, strategic heights under control.
The fighting continued into October 2020, in the early days of which Armenia has launched missile attacks on Azerbaijani cities of Ganja, Mingachevir, Khizi as well as Absheron district.
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, the 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 the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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