Azerbaijani Army targets all military objects of Armenia, Ministry says

Azerbaijan will suppress any threat from Armenia immediately and decisively, the country's Defense Ministry stated.

“The enemy [Armenia] should understand that all military facilities and other strategic objects located in Azerbaijan’s occupied territories, including Armenia are under constant target of the Azerbaijani army,” said the ministry.

Earlier Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said that if needed, he will give an order to strike with Iskander missiles.

The Armenian president’s statement on a possible use of Iskander operational-tactical missiles is a primitive step, which is intended for the internal audience and aimed at strengthening the shaken authority of his criminal gang and increasing his pre-election rating, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told APA on March 27.

“As a result of retaliatory actions to be taken by the Azerbaijani army, Armenia will not avoid large-scale casualties and destruction, which will lead to disastrous and irreversible consequences for it. Before making such irresponsible statements, the Armenian authorities should think about the fate of the population,” Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry warned.

Azerbaijan and Armenia fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

While the OSCE Minsk Group acted as the only mediator in resolution of the conflict, the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries has been left out of due attention of the international community for years.

Armenia ignores four UN Security Council resolutions on immediate withdrawal from the occupied territory of Azerbaijan, thus keeping tension high in the region.