Russian, Turkey presidents discuss tension escalation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
28.07.2020,
10:40
The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was among the topics discussed over the phone by Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, TASS reported Tuesday referring to the Kremlin press service.
YEREVAN, July 28. /ARKA/. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was among the topics discussed over the phone by Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, TASS reported Tuesday referring to the Kremlin press service.
According to the Kremlin press service, the two presidents stressed that there are no alternatives to diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
"The presidents exchanged views on the situation in the South Caucasus in the context of the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of prevention of any actions promoting further escalation. Both sides said they are interested in settling the conflict situation only by peaceful means, through talks," TASS cites the source.
The two countries’ leaders also expressed readiness to coordinate efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. Putin and Erdogan said that there are no alternatives to political and diplomatic settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the principles of international law in the interests of the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
About escalation of tension on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
Since July 12, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been carrying out aggressive actions against Armenia in the north-east direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. The enemy attempted to violate the state border in the Tavush region of Armenia using a tank, mortars, howitzers, drones and Grad MLRS.
Since July 17, there has been a relative calm at the border. On July 21, at 22.30, a detachment of Azerbaijani special forces attacked in the direction of the Anvakh (Fearless) position on the northeastern border section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. A unit of the Armenian army repelled the enemy's attack, inflicting significant losses on him, according to preliminary data, some of the enemy's special forces fell into a trap.
Units of the Armed Forces of Armenia give a commensurate response to the periodic shelling and suppress the activity of the enemy: over the entire period, the control system of the UAV of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and 13 drones were destroyed, the tank and artillery batteries were disabled.
As a result of attacks on Armenian strongholds, 36 soldiers were injured (of which 16 had minor injuries and 20 were hospitalized) and one local resident, five soldiers were killed and 6 cars were damaged. As a result of the shelling of peaceful settlements in Tavush, civilian infrastructures, houses of local residents, and vehicles were damaged. Azerbaijan officially confirmed the death of 12 soldiers, the Armenian side reported the deaths of at least 10 more Azerbaijani special service soldiers.
About Karabakh conflict
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
According to the Kremlin press service, the two presidents stressed that there are no alternatives to diplomatic settlement of the conflict.
"The presidents exchanged views on the situation in the South Caucasus in the context of the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of prevention of any actions promoting further escalation. Both sides said they are interested in settling the conflict situation only by peaceful means, through talks," TASS cites the source.
The two countries’ leaders also expressed readiness to coordinate efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. Putin and Erdogan said that there are no alternatives to political and diplomatic settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of the principles of international law in the interests of the peoples of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
About escalation of tension on Armenian-Azerbaijani border
Since July 12, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been carrying out aggressive actions against Armenia in the north-east direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. The enemy attempted to violate the state border in the Tavush region of Armenia using a tank, mortars, howitzers, drones and Grad MLRS.
Since July 17, there has been a relative calm at the border. On July 21, at 22.30, a detachment of Azerbaijani special forces attacked in the direction of the Anvakh (Fearless) position on the northeastern border section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. A unit of the Armenian army repelled the enemy's attack, inflicting significant losses on him, according to preliminary data, some of the enemy's special forces fell into a trap.
Units of the Armed Forces of Armenia give a commensurate response to the periodic shelling and suppress the activity of the enemy: over the entire period, the control system of the UAV of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan and 13 drones were destroyed, the tank and artillery batteries were disabled.
As a result of attacks on Armenian strongholds, 36 soldiers were injured (of which 16 had minor injuries and 20 were hospitalized) and one local resident, five soldiers were killed and 6 cars were damaged. As a result of the shelling of peaceful settlements in Tavush, civilian infrastructures, houses of local residents, and vehicles were damaged. Azerbaijan officially confirmed the death of 12 soldiers, the Armenian side reported the deaths of at least 10 more Azerbaijani special service soldiers.
About Karabakh conflict
Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan.
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it. Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Since 1992, talks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0---
