Armenia must immediately cease all military provocations on sovereign territory of Azerbaijan - Foreign Ministry

Armenia must immediately cease all military provocations on the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan said on Twitter.

“As a result of military provocation of Armenia in Shusha district, a military truck of the Azerbaijani Army was deliberately targeted with landmine & exploded landmine injured 3 servicemen. Armenia must immediately cease all the military provocations on the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan,” the ministry tweeted.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Saturday that in order to aggravate the situation in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the peacekeeping forces of the Russian Federation are temporarily deployed, Armenia committed another provocation on a dirt road in the direction of the Allahgulular village of the Shusha region.

On April 22, at about 17:00, a military truck of the Azerbaijan Army transporting supplies to Azerbaijani positions stationed on the high grounds around the Allahgulular village was blown up by a mine deliberately buried by the Armenians in the direction of road movement. As a result, the driver and the head of the vehicle were wounded, the vehicle broke down and became unusable. One of the servicemen who arrived immediately to help the wounded was also wounded by hitting an anti-personnel mine. Emergency medical aid was provided to Azerbaijan Army's 3 servicemen who were blown up.

The commands of the Russian peacekeeping contingent and the Turkish-Russian Joint Monitoring Center were informed about the incident.

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