Azerbaijan stated on Thursday it has taken management of a “vast border area” and several other strategic heights and roads within the Lachin space of the Eastern Zangezur financial area.
“In connection with the commissioning of the new Lachin road, several dominant heights, main and auxiliary roads, as well as a vast border area between the villages of Jagazur and Zabukh, Lachin region, were taken under control,” the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry stated in an announcement.
The growth comes as tensions develop over Armenian navy actions within the area, together with the transport of personnel and weapons, which Azerbaijan has denounced as a “gross violation” of trilateral agreements between the 2 nations and Russia.
On March 5, Baku stated two of its troopers had been shot useless by Armenian forces after they tried to cease autos for an inspection on the Khankendi-Khalfali-Turshsu highway.
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 after 44 days of intense combating that ended with a Russian-brokered peace settlement.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
