The tripartite commission of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan to unblock regional communications has suspended work due to the tense situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing in parliament by Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan.
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“To date, the work of the commission does not continue, because for effective and efficient work requires an appropriate background. When this is the situation at the border, I do not think that construction work is possible on this site. Contacts were cut off at this site, let’s see what happens next, ”he explained.
According to Grigoryan, “Yerevan will do everything to resolve the situation at the border by peaceful and diplomatic means.”
On January 11, at a meeting in Moscow, the leaders of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan decided to set up a working group at the level of deputy prime ministers of the three countries, which will focus on establishing transport and economic ties in Karabakh.
The escalation between Yerevan and Baku
On Thursday, May 27, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced the capture of six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Armenia. It claimed that the military was trying to cross the border. At the same time, according to the Azerbaijani side, on Thursday morning near the border, there was a concentration of several units of military equipment of the Armed Forces of Armenia, including tanks. The Armenian Defense Ministry confirmed the capture of the military, saying, however, that they were carrying out engineering work in the border area of the Gegharkunik region.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced periodic shelling on May 24-26 of positions of the Armed Forces of the Republic in Kelbajar and Gedabek districts from the territory of Armenia.
In addition, according to the Ministry of Defense, the Armenian side “for the purpose of provocation” opened fire with automatic weapons in the direction of the posts of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, located near the town of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Accusations of Yerevan
The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, May 25, fired on the positions of the Armenian army near the village of Verin Shorzha in the Gegharkunik region, the Defense Ministry said.
Information about victims
An Armenian serviceman was fatally wounded on May 25 as a result of a shootout on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Gegharkunik region, the press service of the military department reported.
“Contractor of the Armed Forces of Armenia, Junior Sergeant V. Khurshudyan was fatally wounded in a shootout that began after the enemy opened fire in the border area of Verin Shorzha, Gegharkunik region,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Shootout on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan earlier
The Azerbaijani military apologized for the shots in the Armenian border region of Gegharkunik, calling them accidental. This was announced on May 20 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia.
“The commander of the Azerbaijani armed forces contacted the commander of the Armenian unit, asked him to stop firing, apologized, and said that the shooting was accidental,” the Defense Ministry said. The Armenian Armed Forces have warned that next time such incidents will be seen as a deliberate attempt at confrontation.
Azerbaijani President declares intention to “live side by side”
As the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated at a conference on the development and prospects of cooperation in the South Caucasus, the peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia must learn to live side by side.
“Azerbaijan is open for cooperation, open for planning a common future, because we are neighbors, whether we like it or not. We must live side by side, and we must learn to live side by side again, “Aliyev said.
However, he acknowledged that this is not easy. “Emotions are present, especially when Azerbaijanis visit the liberated territories and see total destruction. You can imagine what emotions they feel. But the role of politicians is to protect the current agenda and explain that only through contacts, through cooperation can ensure development, peace, and security in the region, “- added the President of Azerbaijan.
Events before
On May 20, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan named the number of Azerbaijani servicemen stationed in the republic.
Armenia has stated that it is suspending attempts to provide logistical support to the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, which are still on its territory.
On May 17, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the situation on the republic’s border with Azerbaijan was becoming “more aggressive.”
At the same time, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a telephone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart Kasim-Jomart Tokayev on Monday described the situation on the border with Armenia as stable, emphasizing that talks are underway.
On May 14, Armenia sent letters to the CSTO member states over the situation with Azerbaijani troops on its border.
The Kremlin said that the acting prime minister of Armenia did not ask for help during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin due to the situation in the Syunik region on the border with Azerbaijan.
Vladimir Putin and Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan discussed the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border by phone
French President Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation with Acting of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikola Pashinyan called for the immediate withdrawal of the Azerbaijani military from Armenian territory.
The day before, Armenia announced the movement of Azerbaijani troops on the border. Acting The Prime Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan reacted to the visit of the West of Azerbaijan to the territory of Armenia – calling it a planned provocation.
On Wednesday, May 12, the Armenian Defense Ministry announced that early in the morning, the Azerbaijani armed forces were trying to carry out “certain work” in one of the border areas of Syunik in order to “adjust the border .” According to the agency, after the measures taken by the Armenian units, the Azerbaijani military has stopped these works, negotiations are underway to resolve the situation. In the evening of the same day, Pashinyan convened a meeting of the Security Council of the republic, during which he called the events that took place on the territory of Armenia. According to him, the Azerbaijani armed forces crossed the state border of Armenia, going 3.5 km deep.
After the end of hostilities in the conflict zone around Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020, when seven areas adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh came under Baku’s control, Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan began to run directly near the Syunik region.
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Source: Ukrgate
