Armenian attacks kill 14 in Azerbaijan's Barda

Armenian attacks kill 14 in Azerbaijan's Barda

Over 40 people wounded as Armenia flouts cease-fire yet again, authorities say

By Jeyhun Aliyev and Dilara Hamit

ANKARA (AA) - At least 14 civilians were killed and over 40 others injured in missile attacks by Armenian forces on the city center of Azerbaijan's Barda region, local authorities said Wednesday.

This follows Tuesday's attacks that killed at least four civilians and injured 10 as Armenia continues to flout numerous cease-fires.

"Following missile attacks to Tartar, armed forces of Armenia firing rockets to Barda. No lessons learned from yesterday's killing of civilians with cluster weapons. Armenia must end it's military occupation and #WarCrimes," Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the Azerbaijani president, said on Twitter.

He also said that Armenia once again used the Russian Smerch missiles causing civilian casualties.

"Such deliberate War Crimes of Armenia are deplorable," Hajiyev said.

Azerbaijani Defense Ministry in a statement confirmed that "there are killed and injured people" and "civilian infrastructure was damaged."

"Armenian armed forces, grossly violating the humanitarian ceasefire regime, have fired at the Barda city from the "Smerch" MLRS [Multiple Launch Rocket System]," the ministry said.

Since the clashes erupted on Sept. 27, Armenia has repeatedly attacked Azerbaijani civilians and forces, even violating three humanitarian cease-fires since Oct. 10.


- 3-decade occupation

Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Upper Karabakh.

Four UN Security Council resolutions and two from the UN General Assembly, as well as international organizations, demand the "immediate complete and unconditional withdrawal of the occupying forces" from occupied Azerbaijani territory.

In total, about 20% of Azerbaijan's territory – including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions – has been under illegal Armenian occupation for nearly three decades.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group – co-chaired by France, Russia, and the US – was formed in 1992 to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, but to no avail. A cease-fire, however, was agreed to in 1994.

World powers, including Russia, France, and the US, have called for a sustainable cease-fire. Turkey, meanwhile, has supported Baku's right to self-defense and demanded the withdrawal of Armenia's occupying forces.

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