Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of launching ballistic missiles

SANAA, Oct. 22 (YPA) –  Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced, on Thursday morning, that Armenian forces launched ballistic missiles towards the Gabalin region in the north of the country.

The Azerbaijani defense issued a statement saying: “On October 22, at 9 am, the Armenian forces launched ballistic missiles from their lands towards the Gebala and Kordamir region in the north of the country.”

In the same context, the press spokesman of the Armenian Ministry of Defense, Shushan Stepanyan, denied that the Armenian forces launched ballistic missiles at Azerbaijan.

Baku and Yerevan agreed to a humanitarian truce, starting at midnight local time, and Azerbaijan has not commented on the accusations against it of violating the armistice so far.

It is reported that since the situation in Karabakh began to worsen, Russia has sponsored a number of telephone conversations and meetings with representatives of the two parties, and also organized a meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow, which resulted in an agreement on a truce.

Moscow announced, at the dawn of October 10, that Azerbaijan and Armenia, after talks that lasted 10 hours, reached an agreement providing for a ceasefire in Karabakh and an exchange of prisoners and the bodies of the dead, but the truce has been fragile since it took effect on Saturday, as the two sides exchanged accusations of flagrant violations. For a truce and carrying out attacks on civilians.

On September 27, the military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan renewed, in the most violent round of the 30-year-old conflict, and the two sides accuse each other of fueling the conflict.