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Routes from Azerbaijan to Karvachar to be mined: Defense Minister

Routes from Azerbaijan to Karvachar to be mined: Defense Minister

PanARMENIAN.Net - All the possible routes from Azerbaijan to Karvachar region of Nagorno Karabakh will be mined, Armenian Defense Minister said, according to Aysor.am.

“The nagorno Karabakh defense army is taking appropriate measures to discover possible routes of penetration from Azerbaijan into Karvachar, including work on mining of those paths,” Seyran Ohanyan said at the government session Thursday, July 17.

As he noted, the members of the Azerbaijani commando group who made an incursion into the territory of Nagorno Karabakh were found and neutralized.

“The alert level on the frontline has been raised. Commanders of the NKR defense army are taking all necessary measures. Population is warned accordingly,” the minister said.

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.

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