Azerbaijan prevents Armenian sabotage [PHOTO/VIDEO]

By  Trend

The Azerbaijani army detected an Armenian sabotage group trying to carry out provocation near the Talish and Gulustan villages on February 23.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that as a result of immediate measures taken to prevent the sabotage, the enemy was forced to retreat.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations. Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.