“Before issuing any remark or comment, the CSTO secretary-general must properly analyze and assess the situation on the ground,” the ministry said. “It should not also be ruled out that facing yet another disappointment in the last CSTO summit in St. Petersburg, Armenia resorted to such provocative actions.”
Azerbaijan with the aim of eliminating the consequences of Armenian aggression and occupation of its territories, ensuring its territorial integrity and sovereignty will continue its efforts and the substantial negotiations jointly with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs for the settlement of the conflict on the basis of the norms and principles of international law and the relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and the Helsinki Final Act, the ministry added.
A reconnaissance group of the Armenian Armed Forces tried to violate the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border on Dec. 29 morning. The Armenian group found itself in the ambush of the Azerbaijani army while violating the borders. The enemy suffered losses in the ensuing clash and had to retreat.
A soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Gurbanov Chingiz, is missing as a result of the shootout. He is being searched for.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry earlier reported that three Armenian servicemen died in a confrontation on the contact line of troops on Dec. 29.
Baku says CSTO chief’s comment is lopsided
29 December 2016
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The ministry noted that contrary to the official position of the CSTO member states and the essence of the negotiation process conducted with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, addressing by the secretary general the illegal regime established in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan as “Nagorno-Karabakh republic” is unacceptable.
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