Azerbaijan wipes out Armenian border outpost
Units of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan destroyed an Armenian outpost on the border between the two countries in what they claim as response to actions by the Armenian military.
“On February 13, units of the [Azerbaijani] State Border Service delivered a revenge attack. An outpost near the settlement of Nerkin Hand in the Gafan district was completely destroyed in retaliation for yesterday’s false flag operation by the Armenian Armed Forces in which an Azerbaijani serviceman was wounded by sniper fire,” the Azerbaijani border service said in a statement.
Azerbaijan also threatened “a more serious and resolute response” to any false flag operation in the future.
Later, Baku and Yerevan accused each other of shelling their positions on the border. Earlier this morning, the Armenian Defence Ministry said, referring to preliminary data, that two Armenian soldiers had been killed in an Azerbaijani attack.
Azerbaijan continues its unprovoked illegal aggression against Armenia, Edmon Marukyan, said Ambassador-at-Large at the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
“According to preliminary information provided by the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, as a result of today’s aggression of the Azerbaijani army towards the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, <…> the Armenian side has two killed and wounded soldiers. Azerbaijan is continuing its unprovoked illegal aggression against the Republic of Armenia,” the Armenian diplomat wrote.
Meanwhile Iran calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to settle their disputes peacefully, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said.
Tehran calls “for a peaceful resolution of differences” and insists that “lasting peace in the region can be achieved only by means of dialogue and diplomacy,” he was quoted as saying on the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Telegram channel.
Apart from that, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that his country “thinks it necessary to accelerate efforts toward a peace treaty between the two countries.”
