ArmInfo.The statement of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry has domade the things clear with the increased frequency of violations of the ceasefire regime in Artsakh.
Thus, in a statement by the Azerbaijani defense ministry, it is said that were not completely withdrawn, allegedly from the territories of Azerbaijan (the Azerbaijanis traditionally try to ascribe the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh to themselves - ed. note), where the Russian peacekeeping forces are temporarily deployed, as provided for by the trilateral statement of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation dated November 10, 2020 of the year.
"In recent days, there has been a violation by Armenia of a trilateral statement, the transfer of armed forces" to the territory of Azerbaijan ", where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily deployed, the creation of new Armenian posts near the settlements of Mukhtarkand (Mkhitarashen) and Shushakend (Shosh), as well as in the eastern part of Kalbajar (Karvachar ) and Lachin (Berdzor) regions>, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry assured that the army is taking adequate measures to suppress such cases and once again tried to shift the responsibility for the aggravation of the situation onto Armenia. "In accordance with the provisions of the trilateral statement, the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation must put an end to the deployment of the Armenian armed forces in the territories of Azerbaijan," the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement. It should be noted that in recent days the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have purposefully exacerbated the situation both on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh. On August 9, the Azerbaijani military fired at Armenian positions near Shusha not only with small arms, but also used SPG-9. And today the units of the NKR Defense Army shot down an enemy attack drone.