President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, academician Ramiz Mehdiyev expressed his attitude to the events taking place in recent days on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the request of the Department of Public Relations, Press

17.07.2020 / Conferences, assemblies

As is known from the reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on July 12, 2020, units of the Armenian armed forces attempted provocations aimed at seizing our positions on the Tovuz direction of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border. As a result of decisive measures undertaken by our army, the Armenian side was forced to retreat, sabotage was prevented. During the operation to prevent provocation, several of our soldiers died heroically, there were wounded. According to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in response to the provocative actions of the Armenian side, our army carried out a retaliatory operation, during which it dealt a crushing blow to the occupier. The response operation demonstrated to the whole world not only the power of the Azerbaijani army, but also the strong political will of the republic’s leadership ...

source: science.gov.az/news