Yerevan pins responsibility for military provocations at border with Karabakh on Azerbaijani leadership
02.02.2015,
11:14
The sole responsibility for the military provocations staged on the line of contact with Karabakh on Friday night lies with Azerbaijan’s military and political leadership, spokesperson of Armenia’s ministry of defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his facebook page.
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. The sole responsibility for the military provocations staged on the line of contact with Karabakh on Friday night lies with Azerbaijan’s military and political leadership, spokesperson of Armenia’s ministry of defense Artsrun Hovhannisyan wrote on his facebook page.
Azeri raid attempts were neutralized and preventive measures were taken, the spokesman said.
Two Azeri positions were taken and a vehicle was seized in a repulsive operation by Karabakh army of defense on Saturday between 13:00 and 14:00 local time, and Karabakh military are in control of the situation, according to the reports.
Since early January, the situation has escalated on the line of contact between Azerbaijan and Karabakh and at Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Azerbaijani troops violate the cease fire almost every day, undertake shelling of the Armenian positions and make raid attempts.
The Karabakh conflict started in 1988 when prevailingly Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh declared withdrawal from Azerbaijan. On December 10, 1991, a referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh where 99.89% voted for independence from Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan responded by large-scale military operations that led to loss of control not only over Nagorno-Karabakh itself, but also over seven adjoining areas. About 25-30 thousand people were killed and about a million had to leave their homes during the military operations.
A trilateral cease-fire agreement was signed on May 12, 2004, and has been followed since then. The ongoing Karabakh peace process started in 1992 under auspices of OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the USA, Russia and France. –0--
