Recently, the concentration of manpower, armored vehicles, artillery installations, and other heavy firepower of the Armenian armed forces and intensive movement of its troops in different directions of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conditional border is observed. This is reported in the information of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
Last days, there has been a further activation of revanchist forces threatening Azerbaijan with war, rise of aggressive rhetoric against Azerbaijan to the high level and increase of the number of provocative information focused on aggravating the situation in the information environment in preparation for sabotage attempts.
We warn that in case of any attempt of military provocation by the Armenian armed forces against Azerbaijan, it will be resolutely suppressed by the Azerbaijan Army.
We once again declare that Armenia and its protectors will bear whole responsibility for the aggravation of the situation and any possible provocation.
The day before, a number of Russian and Azerbaijani telegram channels distributed video footage of the movement of military trucks, tanks and armored vehicles of the Armenian Armed Forces, allegedly in the direction of the occupied Nakhchivan village of Karki.
This exclave settlement is one of 8 Azerbaijani villages still held by Armenia.
Politics
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On January 17, the Khatai District Court of Baku rejected the requests for house arrest for journalists Aynur Elgünesh and Natig Djavadly, employees of Meydan TV, their lawyers, Elchin Sadigov and Zibeyda Sadigova reported to Turan news agency. According to the lawyers, there are no legal or procedural grounds for keeping the journalists in detention. The journalists themselves stated that the criminal case against them had been fabricated to punish them for their professional activities. The defense intends to appeal the court's refusal to transfer the journalists to house arrest.
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