Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 29
Trend:
A reconnaissance group of the Armenian Armed Forces tried to violate the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border on Dec. 29 morning.
The Armenian group found itself in the ambush of the Azerbaijani army while violating the borders.
“The enemy suffered losses in the ensuing clash and had to retreat,” said the ministry.
A soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Gurbanov Chingiz, is missing as a result of the shootout. He is being searched for.
The ministry said in its message that apparently Armenia doesn’t need relative calmness at the front line and thus resorts to similar provocations.
If the enemy further continues these kind of actions, it will face heavy losses, said the ministry’s message.
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.