Azerbaijan has launched martial regulation and curfews in a number of areas of the nation following an escalation of border hostilities with the Armenia-backed disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area.
The order, which can come into pressure from Monday, mirrors Yerevan’s response to the disaster. The federal government of Armenia declared martial regulation and ordered the mobilization of reserve troops earlier on Sunday. Authorities within the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic did the identical.
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia spiked this weekend after the Azeri facet launched a navy operation in opposition to the Nagorno-Karabakh forces. Baku stated it was performing in response to artillery shelling, however Yerevan stated the operation was deliberate prematurely and launched beneath false pretenses, in violation of a ceasefire.
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Leaders of each international locations addressed their respective peoples, rallying public help. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev stated nationwide troops had been “combating on the Azeri land and crushing the enemy” for the righteous reason for restoring their nation’s territorial integrity.
In the meantime, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated his nation was ready to fend off the assault in opposition to Nagorno-Karabakh, probably combating in opposition to Azerbaijan by itself territory. “Our trigger is simply and the legal encroachment will likely be met with a worthy counter strike,” he pledged.
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Sunday’s escalation is the newest growth in a protracted battle between the 2 neighbors over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian area of Azerbaijan that break up from Baku three many years in the past. Armenia helps the self-proclaimed republic however by no means really acknowledged it as a sovereign state. After the newest disaster, this may increasingly change, the Armenian prime minister warned.
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