Five Armenian soldiers have been killed and 10 more injured by Azerbaijani armed forces as a result of the military clash with Armenian military units, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said April 21.
The military clash occurred in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Terter district, according to the ministry.
By spreading false information again about the alleged provocations of Azerbaijani armed forces on the contact line, Armenia’s military and political leadership tries to hide its losses from the public and under various pretexts, it will spread information about its losses and injured soon, said the Defense Ministry.
The ministry said that Azerbaijani armed forces fully control the operational situation on the contact line without suffering losses, and are ready to prevent any provocation of the enemy.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council’s four resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.
Edited by CN
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