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April events of important military, political significance, Azerbaijan says

25 June 2016 [13:27] - TODAY.AZ

The results of the counteroffensive by the Azerbaijani army on the contact line of the country’s and Armenian troops in early April are of important military and political significance and had a great influence on reviving the settlement process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to an article in the newspaper ‘Respublika’ by chief of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, lieutenant-general Madat Guliyev.

The article is devoted to the Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan celebrated on June 26.

The April events have once again confirmed the high level of technical and tactical training of the Azerbaijani army, the article reads. “The myth on ‘invincibility’ of the Armenian army was once again destroyed. An Azerbaijani soldier proved that it is possible to win in difficult combat conditions.”

On the night of April 2, 2016, all the frontier positions of Azerbaijan were subjected to heavy fire from the Armenian side, which used large-caliber weapons, mortars and grenade launchers. The armed clashes resulted in deaths and injuries among the Azerbaijani population. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-attack, which led to liberation of several strategic heights and settlements.

As a result of this successful counteroffensive, more than 2,000 hectares of territory in Azerbaijan’s Aghdere, Fizuli and Jabrayil districts were liberated, even a larger territory came under the control of the Azerbaijani army, the article says.

Heroism of Azerbaijani soldiers and officers further enhanced patriotic spirit in the Azerbaijani society, Guliyev said.

The results of the April counteroffensive by the Azerbaijani army have plunged the occupation forces and the Armenian society into a deep psychological shock, the article noted.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

/By Trend/

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