Azerbaijani MFA blames Armenian colleagues for misleading int'l community

The spokesperson to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Aykhan Hajizade, has responded to the statements of the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan.

"This is another false and incompetent display from the Armenian Foreign Ministry, which is intentionally misleading the international community,” Hajizada wrote on X, informs Caliber.Az.

Badalyan previously cited “statistics” of persons allegedly injured during the anti-terrorist measures of the Azerbaijani army on September 19-20 this year.

Azerbaijan Armed Forces launched on September 19 local anti-terrorist measures to neutralize illegal Armenian armed formations and their military infrastructure in the Karabakh (Garabagh) region of the country.

The operation came on the heels of the intensifying attacks on the Azerbaijani positions and the recent deadly mine incidents in the Khojavand district killing four police officers and two road construction workers. Earlier on Tuesday, two servicemen of the Azerbaijani army stationed in the Aghdam district were wounded by the Armenian armed formations illegally deployed in the Azerbaijani territories temporarily monitored by the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

By the time of cessation of hostilities, the Azerbaijani military disabled artillery systems, radio-electronic warfare, military equipment, ammunition depots, military strongholds, and shelters of the Armenian army formations stationed in the Karabakh region. In video footage disseminated on social media networks, the Azerbaijani army was seen destroying a Russia-made “TOR” multiple-launch rocket system and a “Mortira” electronic warfare system of the Armenian military in the city of Khankendi.

In addition, more than 90 combat posts and strategically important positions of the Armenian military formations were taken under control during the one-day operation, Colonel Anar Eyvazov, a Spokesperson to the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, said at a press briefing on Wednesday. Seven military vehicles, 4 mortars, one tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as a large number of weapons and ammunition were also captured as trophies.

The Defence Ministry reaffirmed that only legitimate military targets were incapacitated as part of the counter-terrorist measures in the Karabakh region, while the civilian population and civilian infrastructure facilities were not targeted.