BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.2
Trend:
Azerbaijani police officers continue to search for weapons and ordnance in the territories liberated from Armenian occupation, Trend reports citing the Barda district group of the Interior Ministry's press service.
In the course of such events, carried out by officers of the Fuzuli District Police Department, in the territory where the Armenian forces were previously stationed, missile systems ‘Igla-S’, ‘Mukha’, ‘Fogot’ (one unit each), three machine guns, one machine gun, one mortar, 33 grenades, 308 shells, 10 automatic magazines and 300 rounds were found.
Following over a month of military action to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation from late Sept. to early Nov. 2020, Azerbaijan has pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document. A joint statement on the matter was made by the Azerbaijani president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia.
A complete ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was introduced on Nov. 10, 2020.
Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the 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.
Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.
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, the 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.
