Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry has urged Russia to put an end to the deployment of Armenian armed forces in Azerbaijani territories where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed in line with the November statement.
In a statement published on August 11, the ministry said that the complete withdrawal of the remnants of the Armenian armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, has not ensured, as it is provided for by the trilateral statement signed on November 10, 2020.
The stressed that Armenia has violated the November statement by moving its armed forces to Azerbaijan’s territories and in recent days has been setting up its new posts near Mukhtarkend and Shushakend, as well as in the territories to the east of the administrative boundaries of the Kalbajar and Lachin regions.
The ministry stressed that Armenia is purposefully resorting to such provocations to aggravate the situation, adding that the Azerbaijan Army undertakes adequate steps and suppresses such cases.
“All this is happening against the background of irresponsible and provocative order of the new defense minister of Armenia Arshak Karapetyan to the Armenian armed forces to use force by any means. We would like to remind that the Armenian former minister of defense David Tonoyan also spoke out with a provocative military doctrine that he used to call “new wars, new territories.” His shameful destiny is well-known,” the ministry stressed.
It’s noteworthy that the Defence Ministry’s statement comes after controversial Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky yesterday called for unification of Karabakh with Russia.
