Johnson&Johnson expresses regret for mischaracterizing area of Karabakh confict

By Trend

Johnson&Johnson LLC has expressed regret for mischaracterizing the area of Nagorno Karabakh conflict in a social media post, Trend reports citing the statement of Sergey Andreichuk, Business Development Director CIS of Johnson&Johnson LLC Group of Consumer Companies.

“As you may have seen, there has been speculation surrounding Johnson&Johnson’s position in the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We mistakenly mischaracterized the area of this conflict in a social media post,” the statement said.

Andreichuk emphasized it was a genuine error and the company sincerely regrets any offence caused.

Following over a month of military action to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan has pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document. A joint statement on the matter was made by the Azerbaijani president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia.

A complete ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is introduced at 00:00 hours (Moscow time) on 10 November 2020.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.

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, the 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.