Azerbaijan inaugurates Prosecutor's Office building in Khankendi PHOTO

The inauguration ceremony of the new administrative building of the City Prosecutor's Office is held in Khankendi.

Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev, senior staff of the Prosecutor's Office, MPs, representatives of NGOs, public, etc. take part in the event, Caliber.Az reports.

Azerbaijan liberated the occupied territories as a result of a 44-day war with Armenia in 2020. On September 27, 2020, the longstanding conflict reignited when Armenia’s forces, stationed illegally in occupied Azerbaijani lands, attacked military positions and civilian settlements of Azerbaijan. In a 44-day counterattack, Azerbaijani forces liberated more than 300 settlements, including the cities of Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Zangilan, Gubadli, and Shusha, from Armenian occupation. The war concluded on November 10, 2020, with a tripartite statement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Under this agreement, Armenia returned the occupied Aghdam, Kalbajar, and Lachin districts to Azerbaijan.

However, certain parts of Khojaly and Khojavand districts, as well as the city of Khankendi, remained within the temporary monitoring zone of the Russian peacekeeping mission deployed in certain parts of the Karabakh region after the 2020 war.

Despite the legally binding demands for the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, the largest portion of the troops remained in Khankendi along with other settlements, including Khojaly, Aghdara, Khojavand, and Asgaran. Their presence in the area has led to dozens of provocations, resulting in loss of life on the Azerbaijani side.

On September 19, 2023, the Azerbaijan Armed Forces launched a one-day local anti-terrorist operation to neutralize illegal Armenian armed formations and their military infrastructure in the Karabakh region. On September 20, the illegal Armenian separatist regime requested through the Russian peacekeeping command to cease the local anti-terror activities by agreeing to withdraw and complete disarmament of the Armenian armed formations.