Azerbaijan launched a military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday September 19, three years after the previous war. He requests withdrawal “total and unconditional” of his Armenian adversary from this region disputed for decades with Armenia. The fighting killed at least two civilians and injured 23 others, Armenian separatist authorities said, while Baku assured that it was only targeting military targets.
Turkey judges “necessary” the Azerbaijani military operation, all calling for the resumption of discussions between Baku and Yerevan. “Azerbaijan has been forced to take the measures it deems necessary on its own sovereign territory”wrote the Turkish Foreign Ministry in a press release, urging at the same time the “continuation of the negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia”. Follow our live stream.
Nagorno-Karabakh separatist forces say they are trying to “resist” to the Azerbaijani army which is trying to advance “in depth” in the enclave. “Fighting continues across the entire line of contact. The Azerbaijani armed forces are using artillery and rocket fire, attack drones, combat aviation”wrote the separatist army on X (formerly Twitter).
Armenian diplomacy denounces “large-scale aggression” for the purposes of “ethnic cleansing”. Yerevan judges that Russia, guarantor of a ceasefire dating from 2020 with peacekeeping forces on the ground, must “stop Azerbaijani aggression”.
Russia says to itself “concerned” by the “brutal escalation” of the situation. The Kremlin strives to bring back Yerevan and Baku “at the negotiating table”, assured the Kremlin on Tuesday. Russian peacekeeping mission calls on Azerbaijan, Armenian separatists for ceasefire “immediate” after the launch of a major military operation by Baku.
“Illegal, unjustifiable, unacceptable.” France condemns “with the greatest firmness” Azerbaijan’s launch of the military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh and demands “the emergency convening of a meeting of the United Nations Security Council”.