Baku, Azerbaijan, April 5
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Armenia calls on old people to join the army, as follows from disseminated information, Azerbaijani Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov said Apr.5.
It indicates that there are no young people in Armenia; they left the country, noted Asadov adding that with such forces Armenia cannot solve any problem with Azerbaijan.
He made the remarks during the Azerbaijani parliament's plenary session.
Asadov noted that after Azerbaijan's armed forces took control of a number of important strategic heights, Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan said that if the Azerbaijani army returns to their former positions, Armenia agrees to compromise.
"We don't need any compromises, Armenia must withdraw from the occupied Azerbaijani lands," said the speaker.
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.
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. More than 370 Armenian soldiers, 12 tanks, 12 armored vehicles and 15 artillery guns have been destroyed from April 2 until today.