The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan expresses regret with non-reality and unilateral statement by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of the Truth dated March 26, 2022. This is reported by the press service of the defense station.
On March 25, during a telephone conversation of the Minister of Defense of Colonel-General Zakira Gasanov, with the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the General Army, Sergey Shoigu, discussed the situation in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily located. During the conversation, the Azerbaijani side stated that clarification of the positions and locations of the dislocation was carried out.
Despite this, on the morning of March 26, members of illegal Armenian armed groups attempted to make a sabotage against the divisions of the Azerbaijani army. As a result of immediate measures, members of illegal Armenian armed groups were forced to retreat.
The Ministry of Defense declares that Azerbaijan is committed to compliance with the tripartite statement of November 10, 2020 and did not violate any provisions.
“Regret noting that in accordance with paragraph 4 of this application, the full conclusion of the residues of the Armenian army and illegal Armenian armed groups from the territory of Azerbaijan has not yet been fulfilled. Therefore, the violator of the statement of the statement is that Armenia is, and not Azerbaijan,” said in the department.
This statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation contradicts the nature of bilateral relations and the Declaration on allied interaction, signed between the two countries on February 22, 2022, was emphasized in the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
On the territory of Azerbaijan there is no administrative-territorial unit called “Nagorno-Karabakh”. The name of the village mentioned in the statement, not “Furuh”, and Farruh, clarified in the defense partition.
In connection with the foregoing, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan asks the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in accordance with the provisions of the Tripartite Statement to ensure the complete conclusion of the residues of the Armenian Army and Illegal Armenian Armed Forces with the territories of Azerbaijan recognized by the international community, do not describe the movement of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan in a distorted form The limits of sovereign territories of their country, do not use the phrase “Nagorno-Karabakh” and correctly indicate the name of the territories of Azerbaijan.