Yerevan-Baku-Sana
Today, Armenia and Azerbaijan announced an exchange of fire between their forces in one of the areas on the border between the two countries.
The Interfax news agency quoted the Armenian Ministry of Defense as saying in a statement that the Azerbaijani forces tried this afternoon to make progress in the eastern direction at the border, which resulted in intense shooting between the two sides.
The ministry added that the Armenian military thwarted the Azerbaijani army's attempts to position itself in the aforementioned area, and there were no casualties from the Armenian side as a result of the incident, pointing out that the situation is still tense and that talks are currently underway, mediated by Russia, to settle the situation.
For its part, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the Azerbaijani military has monitored since this morning the mobilization of soldiers and combat mechanisms of the Armenian army at the border in preparation for an imminent provocation, adding that the Azerbaijani army forces deployed there have taken urgent measures to prevent it and the situation remains
Operational there is now under its control.
In November of last year, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached, under the auspices of Russia, a ceasefire agreement that ended a war between Baku and Yerevan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that lasted for about a month and a half. in the region.
