Azerbaijani police continue clearing Khankandi of weapons

KARABAKH  22 March 2024 - 13:40

Azerbaijani policemen have discovered weapons and ammunition in Khankandi.

Among the items seized in the territory of the city were 19 automatic rifles, a machine gun, four shotguns, three guns, a grenade launcher, ten hand grenades, 47 ammunition cartridges, 8,602 cartridges of various calibres, etc., the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry told Caliber.Az.

To ensure the provisions of the Trilateral Statement [signed by Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian leaders following the 2020 second Karabakh war], suppression of large-scale provocations in Azerbaijan's Karabakh economic region, disarmament, and withdrawal of Armenian armed forces formations from the territories of Azerbaijan, localized anti-terrorist activities were carried out in the region.

Taking into account the appeal of the representatives of the Armenian population of Karabakh through the Russian peacekeeping contingent [temporarily stationed in Azerbaijan under the trilateral statement], an agreement was reached on September 20, 2023, at 13:00 to cease anti-terrorist activities of a local nature under the following conditions: the formations of the armed forces of Armenia, Armenian illegal armed formations located in Azerbaijan's Karabakh region, lay down their weapons, leave their combat positions and military posts, and completely disarm; the formations of the armed forces of Armenia leave the territory of Azerbaijan; Armenian illegal armed groups are dissolved.

Caliber.Az