“Recently, a large number of anti -personnel mines made in Armenia in 2021 have been discovered in the Lachinsky district of Azerbaijan.” This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jahun Bayramov during a speech at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.
“Armenia did not completely withdraw its armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan, which is provided for by a tripartite statement of November 10, and continues various military activities in the territory of Azerbaijan, including the installation of mines,” the minister stressed.
He also stated that Armenia is openly trying to escalate tension in order to manipulate the attention of the international community.
“Armenia was clearly trying to escalate tension in order to manipulate the attention of the international community. Thus, on September 13, she ignored the ceasefire and continued to fire from large -caliber weapons and artillery on the territory of the Azerbaijan. As a result, 80 military personnel died from the Azerbaijani side, 282 military personnel and 2 civilians were injured.
Contrary to such actions of Armenia, Azerbaijan behaved extremely carefully, took a number of steps, including contacts with the relevant international partners, demonstrated a good and true will to restore the ceasefire.
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Finally, on September 14, from 20:00 between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the ceasefire was restored, and, as both sides confirmed, the ceasefire continues, ”said Jahun Bayramov.