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Pakistan supports Azerbaijan in its just struggle - Ambassador

27 October 2020 13:51 (UTC+04:00)
Pakistan supports Azerbaijan in its just struggle - Ambassador

By Trend

Azerbaijan is fighting on its own land rather than on someone else's land and liberates its own territories, which have been under occupation for a long time, Ambassador of Pakistan to Azerbaijan Bilal Hayee told the reporters, Trend reports on Oct. 27.

"The Azerbaijani valiant army is liberating its lands from occupation,” Hayee added. “We consider this a legal, legitimate struggle. This has been indicated in international law. It is your right to defend your territory, your homeland. Therefore, we support Azerbaijan and its legal right."

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. Currently, Azerbaijan continues the liberation of its territories from Armenian troops.

Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.

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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