Azerbaijan has downed an Armenian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), thecountry’s Defense Ministry announced early Monday.
The drone was shot down Sunday evening while conducting reconnaissanceactivity over Azerbaijani territory, the ministry said in a statement.
The statement did not provide information about where the UAV was downed,although posts on social media claimed it took place in Shamkir province inwestern Azerbaijan.
The drone was not the first to be destroyed by Azerbaijani forces sincetensions escalated between the two nations in July.
The Armenian Army violated a cease-fire on July 12 and attacked Azerbaijanipositions with artillery fire, withdrawing after suffering losses followingretaliation from the Azerbaijani army.
Armenia martyred 12 Azerbaijani soldiers, including high-ranking officers,and wounded four troops in the attack.
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Despite international calls for restraint, Armenian troops opened fire oncivilian settlements in the villages of Agdam and Dondar Kuscu. A76-year-old Azerbaijani citizen was killed in the attacks by Armenia, whichBaku has accused of hiding losses.
Azerbaijan has blamed Armenia for the “provocative” actions, with Turkeythrowing its weight behind Baku and saying it is warning Yerevan that itwould not hesitate to stand against any kind of attack on its easternneighbor.
Since 1991, the Armenian military has illegally occupied the UpperKarabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh region, an internationally recognizedterritory of Azerbaijan.
Four UN Security Council and two UN General Assembly resolutions as well asdecisions by many international organizations refer to this fact and demandthe withdrawal of the occupational Armenian forces from Upper Karabakh andseven other occupied regions of Azerbaijan.
