Azerbaijan on Tuesday rejected the Armenian claims that its forces fired on EU observers‘ autos visiting the Karabakh area, saying the group had shared details about the go to and that such an incident was virtually inconceivable to happen.
“On August 15, at around 12:20 p.m. (0820GMT), the information spread in Armenian media resources about the shooting by the units of the Azerbaijani Army in the direction of EU observers and their car in the area of Yukhari Shorja settlement of Basarkechar district is not true,” stated an announcement issued by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
The assertion stated the allegations made have been “another disinformation” try by the Armenian aspect.
The time, route, and registration quantity plates of the vehicles utilized by the EU mission have been shared with Azerbaijan prematurely, and Baku was conscious of the mission’s journeys, it added.
“For this reason, it is theoretically and practically impossible for such a situation to occur as claimed by the Armenian Ministry of Defense,” the assertion concluded.
The EU established a civilian mission in Armenia on the nation’s border with neighboring Azerbaijan again in February.
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian navy occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
In the autumn of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages, and settlements from Armenian occupation throughout 44 days of clashes. The battle ended with a Russia-brokered peace settlement.
Despite ongoing talks over a long-term peace settlement, tensions between the neighboring international locations rose in latest months over the Lachin hall, the one land route giving Armenia entry to Karabakh.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
