Azerbaijan began local anti-terrorist measures in Karabakh

Azerbaijan has begun local anti-terrorist measures in Karabakh, Trend reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.

“Systematic shelling of the positions of the Azerbaijan Army by formations of the Armenian armed forces in the Karabakh region, the continuation of mining of our territories, work on engineering improvements to combat positions, as well as an increase in the number of trenches and dugouts in recent months have caused an even greater increase in tension.

There is also a strengthening of combat positions with personnel, armored vehicles, artillery installations and other fire weapons, bringing units to a high level of combat readiness, creating additional mobilization units, expanding reconnaissance activities against units of the Azerbaijan Army, penetrating deep into our positions in order to re-mining areas cleared of mines and civilian roads for sabotage and terrorist purposes.

On September 19, on the Ahmedbeyli-Fuzuli-Shusha highway, as a result of the explosion of a mine, previously installed for terrorist purposes by reconnaissance and sabotage groups of the Armenian armed forces in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan, civilians were killed and a car belonging to the State Agency of Highways of Azerbaijan was disabled. On the same day, as a result of the explosion of a vehicle transporting servicemen of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on a mine laid by a reconnaissance and sabotage group of the Armenian armed forces, our servicemen were killed and wounded. Such facts are a continuation of the purposeful and systematic terrorist policy of Armenia carried out against Azerbaijan.

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that the continued presence of Armenian armed forces in the Karabakh economic region of Azerbaijan, in violation of the provisions of the Tripartite Declaration signed on November 10, 2020, is a source of a serious threat to peace and stability in the region.
In order to ensure the provisions of the Tripartite Declaration, suppress large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region, disarmament and withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from our territories, neutralize their military infrastructure, ensure the safety of the civilian population returning to the territories liberated from occupation, civil servants involved in construction restoration work and our military personnel, as well as the restoration of the constitutional system of the Republic of Azerbaijan, local anti-terrorist measures have been launched in the region.

As part of activities using high-precision weapons on the front line and in depth, the positions of formations of the Armenian armed forces, their long-term firing points, as well as combat assets and military facilities are disabled.

We reiterate that civilians and civilian infrastructure are not targets, only legitimate military targets are disabled.

The command of the peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation and the leadership of the Turkish-Russian Monitoring Center were informed about the ongoing activities,” the department said in a statement.

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