BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 2
Trend:
The Armenian army is demoralized, Azerbaijani military expert, reserve colonel Uzeyir Jafarov told Trend.
He noted that the Armenian armed forces have already suffered huge losses in both manpower and equipment.
The Armenians use outdated and unusable weapons, as evidenced by the unexploded installations of the ‘Tochka-U’ missile system, the expert said.
The shelling of the civilian population of Azerbaijan indicates that the Armenian forces are already on its last legs, he said.
“Before that, Armenia claimed it had a "strong army". So, where is this "strong army"? The Azerbaijani army very quickly proved the opposite. I’m convinced that in the next few hours the Ministry of Defense will please the Azerbaijani public with more pleasant news,” Jafarov said.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery on Sept. 27.
Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front. As a result of retaliation, Azerbaijani troops liberated a number of territories previously occupied by Armenia, as well as took important, strategic heights under control.
Military actions continued on Sept. 29 - Oct. 1. According to a statement from Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, the Armenian armed forces have suffered heavy losses along the entire front line from Sept. 27 through Sept. 30, including tanks, armored vehicles, artillery installations, rocket launch systems, as well as command and observation posts, air defense systems, etc.
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, 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 the withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno Karabakh and the surrounding districts.