Azerbaijan on Sunday stated the Armenian army fired on its positions 16 instances throughout a selected interval a day earlier.
A press release by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry stated Armenia fired on its positions within the Gadabay, Kalbajar, and Lachin districts between 6.30 p.m. and 10.05 p.m. (1430-1805GMT).
“Azerbaijan Army Units took adequate retaliatory measures in all the mentioned directions,” the assertion additional stated.
A day earlier, Azerbaijan stated Armenia on Friday fired on its army positions within the Dashkasan, Kalbajar, Lachin, and Tovuz districts 30 instances.
Relations between Baku and Yerevan have remained tense since 1991, when the Armenian army occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
Most of the territory was liberated by Azerbaijan throughout a warfare within the fall of 2020, which ended after a Russian-brokered peace settlement that additionally opened the door to normalization.
Azerbaijan established full sovereignty in Karabakh after an “anti-terrorism operation” final September, after which separatist forces within the area surrendered.
However, tensions on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border reignited on Feb. 12, when Baku stated one among its troopers was injured because of photographs fired by Armenian forces towards the nation’s southwestern Zangilan district.
Source: www.anews.com.tr