Armenija

Baku tvrdi da je snajperskim hicem ubijen njegov vojnik. Armenija: “Izvješće je netočno”

30. 09. 2023. 21:21

epa10880648 BMP-2 Armored Personnel Carriers seized and received during the disarmament of Nagorno-Karabakh forces are displayed at an Azerbaijani forces' held position in Shusha, in the Azerbaijan-controlled region of Nagorno-Karabakh, late 23 September 2023 (issued 24 September 2023). On 19 September 2023, Azerbaijan broke a ceasefire agreement from a decades-old conflict by launching a brief military offensive on the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway enclave internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan that is home to some 120,000 ethnic Armenians. A new ceasefire was agreed upon in Nagorno-Karabakh on 20 September 2023, after a 24-hour military offensive. The armed forces of Nagorno-Karabakh began to surrender weapons and military equipment under the control of Russian peacekeepers. According to the military department of Azerbaijan, as part of the agreements reached on the cessation of hostilities, six units of armored vehicles, more than 800 units of small arms and anti-tank weapons and about 5,000 ammunition have already been handed over. An assistant to Azerbaijani leader Hikmet Hajiyev said that Nagorno-Karabakh military personnel who voluntarily lay down their arms during Azerbaijan's 'anti-terrorist operation' are free. EPA/ROMAN ISMAYILOV

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Azerbajdžansko ministarstvo obrane priopćilo je u subotu da je jedan od njegovih vojnika ubijen snajperskom vatrom armenskih snaga u pograničnom okrugu Kalbajar, no Armenija je brzo opovrgla navodni incident.

Novinska agencija Interfax citirala je armensko ministarstvo obrane koje je reklo da je izvješće netočno, bez navođenja daljnjih pojedinosti.

Suprotstavljene izjave stigle su nakon što se nastavio masovni egzodus etničkih Armenaca iz regije Gorski Karabah nakon što je Azerbajdžan munjevito porazio ovog mjeseca borce te odcijepljene regije.

Više od 100.000 od 120.000 etničkih Armenaca već je napustilo Gorski Karabah i otišlo u Armeniju, objavio je UNHCR.

Azerbajdžan, koji niječe optužbe o etničkom čišćenju, rekao je da će prava Armenaca u Gorskom Karabarhu, regiji međunarodno priznatoj kao dio Azerbajdžana, biti zaštićena.