BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 20. Azerbaijan's Shusha was shelled throughout the night, strategic objects were damaged and there were disruptions in the city's lighting, senior prosecutor of the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan Kanan Zeynalov said at a briefing today, Trend reports.
“All this once again shows that the armed forces of Armenia [which haven't been withdrawn contrary to the trilateral statement signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh war], as in the previous period, continue to commit terrorist crimes against the civilian population. Criminal cases have been opened for each fact, investigations are underway. In the current conditions, prosecutors are carrying out possible investigative actions and collecting primary evidence,” added Zeynalov.
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 were put out of action with the use of high-precision weapons available in the arsenal of the Azerbaijani Army.
Civilians and infrastructure objects weren't targets during localized anti-terrorist activities carried out in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan stated that the agreement has been reached to stop the local anti-terrorist activities.
"Considering the appeal by the representatives of the Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, conveyed by the Russian peacekeeping contingent [temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan under the trilateral statement], an agreement has been reached as of 13:00 (GMT +4), September 20, 2023, to stop the anti-terrorist activities under the following terms:
1. The formations of Armenia’s armed forces stationed in the Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan and illegal armed groups lay down their arms, withdraw from their battle positions and military outposts and are subjected to complete disarmament.
2. Simultaneously, all the ammunition and heavy military equipment is handed over.
3. Conducting the abovementioned process in coordination with the Russian peacekeeping contingent is ensured," the ministry said.