BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 30
By Elchin Mehdiyev - Trend:
Azerbaijan faced Armenian aggression from the first day of its independence restoration, Leyla Abdullayeva, spokesperson for Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, said, Trend reports on Aug.30 citing the ministry.
According to Abdullayeva, as a result of the aggression, the practice of taking prisoners and hostages of Azerbaijani servicemen was widely used by Armenia.
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 were introduced on Nov. 10, 2020.