Illegal Armenian armed groups operating in Azerbaijani territory
temporarily controlled by Russian peacekeepers have shelled
Azerbaijani army positions 23 times a day with various caliber
firearms, the Defence Ministry reported on March 7.
The national army positions came under Armenian fire in
Goranboy, Tartar, Aghdam and Khojaly regions using various caliber
firearms.
Furthermore, Armenian armed forces fired on Azerbaijani army
positions in the direction of Kalbajar region's Damirchidam village
from state border positions in Basarkechar region's Zarkand
settlement.
The Azerbaijan army forces stationed in these directions
responded appropriately.
There are no casualties among the Azerbaijan army's military
troops or equipment. The situation in these directions is currently
stable, with the Azerbaijan army units in command of the
operational situation.
About 2,000 Russian peacekeepers have been deployed for five
years in Karabakh under the trilateral cease-fire deal signed by
Baku, Moscow and Yerevan on November 10, 2020. The signed agreement
obliged Armenia to withdraw all its troops from the Azerbaijani
lands that it had occupied since the early 1990s.
The trilateral ceasefire deal signed by the Azerbaijani, Russian
and Armenian leaders on November 10, 2020, ended the three-decade
conflict over Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region which along with the
seven adjacent regions came under the occupation of Armenian armed
forces in the war in the early 1990s.
The deal also stipulated the return of Azerbaijan's Kalbajar,
Aghdam and Lachin regions. Before the signing of the peace deal,
Azerbaijan liberated 300 villages, settlements, city centers, and
historic Shusha city that had been under Armenian occupation for
about 30 years.
On January 11, 2021, the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian
leaders signed the second statement since the end of the 44-day
war. The newly-signed statement was set to implement clause 9 of
the November 2020 statement related to the unblocking of all
economic and transport communications in the region.
On November 26, 2021, the Azerbaijani, Russian and Armenian
leaders signed a statement and agreed on a number of issues,
including the demarcation and delimitation of the
Azerbaijani-Armenian border by late 2021, some points related to
humanitarian issues and the issue of unblocking of transport
corridors which applies to the railway and to automobile
communications.
On December 14, 2021, during the Brussels meeting, organized
between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders at the initiative of
European Council President Charles Michel, the sides reaffirmed
their commitment to the conditions agreed in the Sochi meeting.
Both sides agreed to establish a temporary working group on the
delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The issue of demining the liberated territories of Azerbaijan
was also brought up on the agenda, and the European Union's
readiness to provide technical assistance to Azerbaijan in this
regard was underlined at the meeting.
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