MoD: Azerbaijan in full control of situation in Karabakh, border with Armenia

Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry has said that the country is in full control of the operational situation in Karabakh and the state border with Armenia.

After the Azerbaijani Army's "Revenge" operation, there is relative calm on Azerbaijan's territory, including the state border, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily stationed. The operational situation is under the full control of Azerbaijani units, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Defence Ministry.

As a result of the retaliatory operation "Revenge" carried out by the Azerbaijani army units on August 3, the heights of Girkhgiz, Saribaba and a number of other important dominant heights along the Karabakh ridge of the Lesser Caucasus Mountain chain were taken under control.

Within the framework of the operation, several combat positions of illegal Armenian armed formations were destroyed, and an air strike was carried out on a military unit in the settlement of Yukhari Oratagh of the former Aghdere [currently Kalbajar] district.

Four members of illegal Armenian armed groups were killed, and 15 were wounded on Azerbaijani territories temporarily monitored by the Russian peacekeepers in the Karabakh region. Several D-30 howitzers, military vehicles and a large amount of ammunition were also destroyed.

Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that the presence of the Armenian armed forces and illegal Armenian armed formations on Azerbaijan territories, where Russian peacekeepers are temporarily stationed, contrary to the tripartite statement, is a source of danger. The demilitarisation of these territories, the complete withdrawal of Armenian troops from there and the disarmament of illegal Armenian armed formations were absolutely inevitable.