BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 20. The military unit of the Armenian armed forces [which haven't been withdrawn contrary to the trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian, and Russian leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh war] located in Tapakand village in Azerbaijan's Tartar direction was neutralized, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel Anar Eyvazov said at a briefing, Trend reports.
"Only in the event of the disarmament and surrender of the Armenian armed forces located in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan will anti-terrorist measures be stopped," Eyvazov added.
In order to ensure the provisions of the Trilateral Statement, to stop large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region, to disarm and withdraw formations of the Armenian armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan, to neutralize their military infrastructure, to ensure the safety of the peaceful population returning to the territories liberated from occupation, civil servants involved in construction and reconstruction works, and Azerbaijan's military personnel, as well as to restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, anti-terrorist measures have been launched in the region.
Only military targets belonging to illegal armed formations of the separatist regime are put out of action with the use of high-precision weapons available in the arsenal of the Azerbaijani Army.
Civilians and infrastructure objects are not targets during localized anti-terrorist activities carried out in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region.