The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that Mount Buzdukh and the surrounding heights in Nagorno-Karabakh have come under the control of the army. The information of the Ministry of Defense of the country was disseminated by the Azerbaijani mass media,
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“As a result of clarifications carried out by our units on the territory, Mount Buzdukh and its surrounding heights came under the control of the Azerbaijani army,” the agency said in a statement.
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The situation in the region worsened at the beginning of August. This week, three people were killed in renewed fighting, with each side accusing the other of violating the ceasefire.
Baku said it had lost a soldier, while the Karabakh army said two of its soldiers had been killed in the latest clashes.
After the 2020 war, Armenia ceded to Azerbaijan part of the territory it had controlled for decades, and Russia deployed about 2,000 peacekeepers to monitor the ceasefire.
The reaction of the USA and the EU
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken addressed the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 5 to call for dialogue in the conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Blinken spoke separately by phone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.
“Secretary Blinken assured Prime Minister Pashinyan that the United States is closely monitoring the situation in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, ” Price said in a statement about the conversation with the Armenian prime minister.
In his conversations with the two leaders, Blinken “called for direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan to resolve issues related to or resulting from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,” Price said.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, also spoke by phone with Aliyev on August 5 and expressed his concern about the growing tensions in the region.
Michel stressed that the European Union will continue its efforts to ensure long-term peace and stability in the region in accordance with the Brussels peace agenda, the press service of the President of Azerbaijan reports .
Aliyev told Michel that “all responsibility for the tension that has arisen lies with Armenia.”
Aliyev also said that Armenia has not withdrawn its troops from the Karabakh region as agreed in the November 10, 2020, Moscow-brokered ceasefire that ended the six-week war that has reportedly killed more than 6,500 people.
Michel himself noted on Twitter that he had telephone conversations with both Aliyev and Pashinyan. “Working together to ensure de-escalation and open communications. Ahead of our next leaders’ meeting in Brussels, continued dialogue and concrete progress on all agenda items is key. The EU remains committed,” Michel wrote .
Source: Ukrgate
