Azerbaijan demanded withdrawal of Armenian troops from Karabakh and criticized Russian peacekeepers

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from Karabakh. Otherwise, the Azerbaijani army will have to disarm and neutralize them.
The department replied that on March 5, the Azerbaijani army made an attempt to stop and check the vehicle of Armenian military units carrying out illegal military transports. As they approached the car, the soldiers were shot with weapons by members of the Armenian armed group in the car. As a result, two Azeri soldiers were killed and one was wounded. Three Armenians were killed and another wounded in response.
The information about the first aid and evacuation of the Azerbaijani servicemen injured by the Russian peacekeeping contingent is not true either. Once again we warn that transportation of military cargo by Armenia to the territory of Azerbaijan, sending and rotation of personnel should be stopped and the troops should be completely withdrawn from the territory of our country, i.e. from Karabakh», summarized in Baku.

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