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Armenian president’s visit to Azerbaijan’s occupied lands to even more aggravate situation

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 19 April 2016 14:41 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has commented on the recent visit of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Azerbaijan’s occupied lands
Armenian president’s visit to Azerbaijan’s occupied lands to even more aggravate situation

Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 19

Trend:

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has commented on the recent visit of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Azerbaijan's occupied lands.

"The recent visit of the Armenian leadership to the occupied lands and the military briefing held there is another provocative step that will even more aggravate the situation," the Foreign Ministry's spokesman Hikmat Hajiyev told Trend Apr. 19.

"These provocative actions once again prove that Armenia pursues the policy of occupation of Azerbaijani lands to the detriment of international law and the UN Charter," he added.

Hajiyev said this once again shows that Yerevan stands behind the tension on the line of contact starting from Apr. 2 and the intensive violation of the ceasefire.

"The continuation of the aggressive policy by Armenia, despite the persistent calls by international community to start comprehensive political processes for resolving the conflict, Yerevan's refusal to withdraw its forces from Azerbaijani territories, the ceasefire violation and other actions aimed at escalation of the situation are a serious threat to peace and stability in the region," said Hajiyev.

As an occupant country, Armenia is fully responsible for the aggravation of the situation on the frontline, he added.

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers.

The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

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.

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry earlier said. Ignoring the agreement, the Armenian side again started violating the ceasefire.

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, in 1992 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 withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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