According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, these measures by Paris, which promotes international law and positions itself as a supporter of peace and stability in the region, call into question the efforts to normalize the situation in the South Caucasus region, the agency emphasized. Azertac message.
Baku also reiterated the need to respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and international borders of states.
According to Azerbaijan, France’s steps led to aggravation of the situation in the South Caucasus region and “serve Armenia’s militarization policy, which shows that Paris is guided by false interests in the region.”
“Armenia and France must put an end to the policy of militarization,” the organization said.
The day before, it was announced that Yerevan would begin receiving French military aid. The first batch of armored vehicles will be delivered to the republic via Georgia.
Bastion is a French 4×4 multi-purpose armored vehicle manufactured by Acmat, also classified as an off-road transport vehicle, with a capacity to transport up to eight people with equipment. The armor resists the impact of the 7.62 mm caliber bullet.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars over Nagorno-Karabakh since the Armenian-majority region decided to secede from the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan in 1988.
On September 19, Azerbaijan launched an “anti-terror operation” that resulted in the disarmament and self-dissolution of the Karabakh militias and the eventual announcement of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, which would cease to exist as of January 1, 2024.
More than 100,000 ethnic Armenians, virtually the entire population of the separatist enclave, fled to Armenia in late September.
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