Breaking News: Azerbaijan expresses outrage after Russia says it violated ceasefire

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Azerbaijan expresses outrage after Russia says it violated ceasefire

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, TZVI JOFFRE Published: MARCH 26,2022 20:18

Updated: MARCH 27, 2022 02:03

An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region (photo credit: REUTERS)
An Azeri soldier is seen at fighting positions near divided Taghavard village in Nagorno-Karabakh region
(photo credit: REUTERS)
Over the weekend, Azerbaijani forces crossed a ceasefire line in Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking skirmishes with Armenian forces.
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Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry expressed outrage on Saturday after Russia's Defense Ministry reported that Azerbaijani armed forces had violated the ceasefire that ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war by crossing the line of contact.
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On Thursday, Azerbaijani forces crossed the line of contact near the village of Parukh in the de facto Republic of Artsakh, entering the village of Khramort. On Friday, a Azerbaijani Bayraktar TB2 drone carried out a strike against forces belonging to Artsakh.

The Republic of Artsakh is a de facto republic internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. In 2020, the area in which the republic sits was recaptured by Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh war against Armenia.


"From March 24 to March 25, the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, violating the provisions of the tripartite statement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of November 9, 2020, entered the zone of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and set up an observation post," read a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry.

"Four strikes were made by an unmanned aerial vehicle of the type "Bayraktar TB-2" on the units of the armed formations of Nagorno-Karabakh in the area of the settlement of Furukh," it added.
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The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh is taking measures to resolve the situation and convince Azeri troops to withdraw from the designated peacekeeping area, the statement added.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry condemned the statement, saying it "does not reflect the truth" and claiming that "members of illegal Armenian armed detachments attempted to sabotage the Azerbaijan Army Units." The statement added that as a result of "immediate measures" the Armenian forces were forced to retreat.

 

[WotTen]

Didn't Azerbaijan win back the Nagorno region from Armenia in their recent war?

Looks like Russia is indirectly paying back Turkey for helping Ukraine in this war.

 

[vi-va]

Didn't Azerbaijan win back the Nagorno region from Armenia in their recent war?

Looks like Russia is indirectly paying back Turkey for helping Ukraine in this war.

It's the opposite, it's the Turkey and Azerbaijan taking advantage of Russian's critical moments.

You just don't know and fooled by media.

 

[Kambojaric]

Didn't Azerbaijan win back the Nagorno region from Armenia in their recent war?

Looks like Russia is indirectly paying back Turkey for helping Ukraine in this war.

They won back most but not the entire region. Russian "peacekeepers" still ensure the grey region remain under Armenian control.

 

[Paul2]

It's the opposite, it's the Turkey and Azerbaijan taking advantage of Russian's critical moments.

You just don't know and fooled by media.

They are just tickling them. Very likely they knew of not-to-the letter sticking to the ceasefire for long time, and only decided to move now to make them sweat.

 

[vi-va]

They are just tickling them. Very likely they knew of not-to-the letter sticking to the ceasefire for long time, and only decided to move now to make them sweat.

Russia, Turkey and Iran are the major player in Transcaucasia, the rest are bargaining chips.

China, US and EU played a role, but not decisive.

Russia interfered in Syria issue, so Turkey do the tit-for-tat in Transcaucasia. Both are legal by so-called bush shit international law.

 

[Black Vigo]

Azerbaijan should have liberated the rest of their land while they had the chance

 

[tower9]

Didn’t Azerbaijan sign an alliance treaty with Russia before the Ukraine invasion? Shit is getting messy.

 

[dBSPL]

This is Azerbaijan and Armenia's internationally recognized borders. Farrukh is within Azerbaijan. How can Azerbaijan or any other country occupy its own territory?

All kinds of provocations, all kinds of external threats that will geopardize the national security and border integrity of Azerbaijan adversely affect the stability of the region.

While peace bridges are being built and new economic corridors are being built, the source and reason of these sabotage attempts and threats are very clear.

 

[Paul2]

Didn’t Azerbaijan sign an alliance treaty with Russia before the Ukraine invasion? Shit is getting messy.

Treaties don't worth their prices as a toilet paper.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

They won back most but not the entire region. Russian "peacekeepers" still ensure the grey region remain under Armenian control.

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Azerbaijan needs to link Nakhchivan with rest of its land

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Any Chinese who had the delusion that a powerful diaspora would help should wake up, if WW2 did not wake you up sufficiently.

Armenians have one of the most politically and economically powerful diasporas in the world, in both US and Russian. Near half of all Armenians worldwide have either US or Russian citizenship.

Did US or Russia lift more than a finger for Armenia?

 

[dBSPL]

According to Russian sources, the Russian peacekeepers deployed additional troops around the village of Farrukh to prevent the advance of the Azerbaijani army.

Let's see how persistent they will be