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BAKU, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan on Sunday warned of an Armenian army buildup on the border, saying any provocation could be “resolutely suppressed.”
In an announcement, the Protection Ministry mentioned intense actions and army buildups by the Armenian military had not too long ago been seen.
“Just lately, the focus of manpower, armored automobiles, artillery installations, and different heavy firepower of the Armenian armed forces and intensive motion of its troops in numerous instructions of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conditional border has been noticed,” the ministry mentioned.
“Most not too long ago, there was an extra activation of revanchist forces threatening Azerbaijan with warfare, the rise of aggressive rhetoric in opposition to Azerbaijan to a excessive stage, and enhance of the variety of provocative data centered on aggravating the state of affairs within the data setting in preparation for sabotage makes an attempt,” the ministry added
“In case of any try of army provocation by the Armenian armed forces in opposition to Azerbaijan, will probably be resolutely suppressed by the Azerbaijan Military,” the ministry warned.
“We as soon as once more declare that Armenia and its protectors will bear the entire duty for the aggravation of the state of affairs and any attainable provocation,” it mentioned.
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.
A lot 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.
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