Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of deploying troops to the border, further exacerbating tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, both rejected the accusations and said they remained committed to the peace process.
Reporting from Armenpress , Wednesday (13/9), Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of “increasing military posture along the Nagorno-Karabakh line and the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.”
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kemenlu) also emphasized that it has no plans to carry out military escalation and is ready to continue efforts towards a peace agreement. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani side rejected the accusations claiming that they had been provoked.
“These claims are part of another fraudulent political manipulation. “This is a military and political provocation,” said the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
The two countries from the former Soviet Union have been accusing each other since failing to reach a ceasefire agreement. However, both of them have repeatedly expressed their willingness to find a peaceful solution.
They are fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an area recognized internationally as Azerbaijani territory, but occupied by Armenia. In 2020, they fought for six weeks and claimed nearly 7,000 casualties.
The war ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire and they agreed to make peace and seek a non-military resolution to resolve the issue. But it turns out the conflict has heated up again until now.
Source : INDONESIADEFENSE
