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By Nazrin Gadimova

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has informed NATO about Armenian provocations towards Azerbaijan, its citizens and settlements along the contact line of troops.

As part of a briefing organized by the ministry on April 15, William Lahue, the head of the NATO Liaison Office to South Caucasus, was presented information about massive damages caused to the residents of the villages adjacent to the front-line area.

Moreover, the ministry provided detailed information about the retaliatory measures taken by Azerbaijan's Armed Forces on the frontline to prevent Armenia's provocations and to ensure the security of Azerbaijan's civilian population.

Lahue has also been presented material reflecting the reality of recent incidents and the facts proving Armenian disinformation.

On the night of April 2, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns.

Azerbaijani settlements near the contact line, densely populated by civilians, were fired at as well.

The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. As a result of the shelling 32 settlements, six civilians were killed, including two children under 16 years, and 26 residents were wounded.

As a result of the counter-attack, the heights near the village of Talish, which were posing a threat to the Goranboy district and Naftalan city, as well as the Seysulan settlement, have been cleared of the enemy forces.

In order to protect the city of Horadiz, the Azerbaijani army took the height Lele Tepe under its control, which allowed to carry out supervision of a large area.

Great damage was caused to public and private property, civil infrastructure, 232 houses, 99 poles for power transmission lines, three electrical substations, water mains and gas pipelines length in kilometers were seriously damaged or destroyed. Missiles bombed schools, hospitals and other social infrastructure - schools, hospitals, and mosques. The assessment of the damage caused to civilians and to objects.

Military operations were stopped on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies on Apr. 5 at 12:00 (UTC/GMT + 4 hours) with the consent of the sides. However, Armenia has ignored the agreement and started violating the ceasefire again.

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Nazrin Gadimova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @NazrinGadimova

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