– The operation in Nagorno-Karabakh will be over when the Armenian separatists lay down their weapons. This was, according to a statement published by Azerbaijan’s President Heidar Aliyev’s administration, the main message when the president spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken late on Tuesday. The reports from the conflict area in the south of the Caucasus on Wednesday indicate that the Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh continues in full force. Former strategy minister Ruben Vardanjan in Nagorno Karabakh tells the news agency Reuters on Wednesday that up to 100 people have been killed in the fighting in the last 24 hours. More than 7,000 people are said to have been evacuated from the area, and Vardanjan says that the result of the Azerbaijani attack may now force all 1,200,000 residents of Nagorno Karabakh to flee to Armenia itself. . Gro Holm explains: Azerbaijan continues the military operation, on Nyhetsmorgen. 20 September 2023 Huitfeldt: It could get worse Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is concerned about the situation. – I had a meeting with Armenia’s foreign minister yesterday. He is very worried about people in Nagorno-Karabakh, and their access to food and medicine, says Huitfeldt to news. She thinks it is too early to say whether the conflict has the potential to become a full-scale war. – It has the potential to get even worse, but we must do what we can to de-escalate the situation. SEEK COVER: People run for cover for Azerbaijani attack. The picture is from 19 September. Photo: Reuters “Anti-terrorist operation” continues Azerbaijan does not use the word war about what is now happening in Nagorno-Karabakh, but calls it an “Anti-terrorist operation”. In a statement on Telegram, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense writes that military vehicles, artillery and anti-aircraft missiles from the Armenian forces have been neutralized. This has not been confirmed by independent sources. CONCERNED: Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt is concerned about the situation. Photo: Anders Tvegård – There is no military solution to this conflict. And then it is possible that this matter will come up in the Security Council during this week, says Huitfeldt. UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for the fighting to “stop immediately”. Furthermore, he demands that Azerbaijan respect the ceasefire that was concluded in 2020, according to AFP. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in his conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, asked him to stop the military actions immediately. Blinken has also spoken with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Established humanitarian corridors On Tuesday, Azerbaijan launched extensive attacks against the mainly Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Explosions could be heard in and around the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, Stepanakert, on Tuesday. Azerbaijani authorities say they have established humanitarian corridors both on the Lachin road and on another road for those wishing to leave Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is formally part of Azerbaijan, but in practice has been self-governing and closely linked to Armenia after a bloody war in the early 1990s. That time, the better organized Armenian forces prevailed. In 2020, Azerbaijan recaptured large areas.
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