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2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Armenia
and
Azerbaija
n arose
immediat
ely after
the
defeat of
Armenia
in the
2020
Nagorno-
Karabak
h war,
and
Azerbaija
n
regaining
control
over its
occupied
territories
. Before
the 2020
war,
there
was no
physical
border
between
Armenia
and the
Armenia
n
related
issues,
as
Armenia
controls
since
1990s
several
villages
of Qazak
h
District of
Azerbaija
n,
including
3
Azerbaija
ni
exclaves,
and also
an
exclave
village
of Karki i
n Nakhc
hivan
Autonom
ous
Republic,
while
Azerbaija
n
controls
an
Armenia
of
Azerbaija
n.[24] "We
will
rememb
er our
history,
but we
have no
territorial
claims to
any
country,
including
Armenia,
" Aliyev
said in
his
speech
at a
conferen
ce in
Baku.
[25]
 Later
next
week
however,
in a
statemen
t in April
2021, he
said that
if
Armenia
would

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d
mountain
 Mets
Ishkhana
sar, and
to the
north of
the town
of Goris 
and the
villages
of Verish
en and A
kner in
the Syuni
k
Province,
as well
near the
villages
of Verin
Shorzha 
and Kut i
n
the Gegh
arkunik
Province.
Prime
Minister
of
Armenia 
Nikol
Pashinya
n said
that the

Lake Sev
as seen
from the
peak of
Mets
Ishkhanasa
r mountain
in Armenia
Armed
Forces
numbere
d J-38-
21 with
scale of
1: 100
000
showing
Sev Lake
with its
eastern,
western
and
southern
shores
located
in the
territory
of the
Armenia
n SSR
and only
a section
of the
northern
shore of
the lake
covering
nearly
10% of
the lake
located
in the
consultat
ions
regardin
g the
Azerbaija
ni
incursion
into
Armenia.
[30][31]
 On
the same
day,
Pashinya
n asked
Russian
Presiden
t Vladimir
Putin for
military
support.
[32]

 Armeni
[33]

an and
Azerbaija
ni
military
officials
convene
d at the
border
together
with
represen
tatives of
the
ion and
delimitati
on of the
borders,
in which
Russia
could
play the
role of a
consulta
nt or
mediator.
[34]
 On 20
May
2021,
acting
prime
minister
Nikol
Pashinya
n
confirme
d that
Armenia
and
Azerbaija
n were
close to
an
agreeme
nt on
creation
of a joint
commissi
the
border in
the
evening,
resulting
in a fight
between
Armenia
n and
Azerbaija
ni
servicem
en.
General
Prosecut
or’s
Office of
Armenia
reported
that
eleven
Armenia
n
soldiers
were
injured
and
hospitaliz
ed, and
that
there
were
injuries
from the
Azerbaija
on could
inevitably
lead to a
large-
scale
clash,”
Pashinya
n said at
an
emergen
cy
meeting
of
Armenia’
s
Security
Council
held in
the
evening,
suggesti
ng
Armenia
and
Azerbaija
n to pull
back
their
troops
from the
border
areas
and let
Russia
and/or
and
engage
in
negotiati
ons on
border
delimitati
on and
demarcat
ion,
welcomin
g
proposal
s for a
possible
internatio
nal
observati
on
mission
and
expressi
ng
readines
s to
provide
expertise
and help
on
border
delimitati
on and
demarcat
ion. The
July[edit]
added
that the
Azerbaija
ni side
had
started
shelling
Yeraskh,
using
mortars
and
grenade
launcher
s, with
an
Armenia
n soldier
getting
killed[42]
[9]
 and the
communi
ty leader
of
Yeraskh
getting
wounded
.[17] The
Azerbaija
ni
Defense
Ministry
stated
that an
Azerbaija
ni soldier
On 22 July 2021, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that Armenia's province Zangezur (Syunik) is "our own territory" and
that one
of its
soldiers
was
killed by
Armenia
n sniper
fire in
Kalbajar
District
near the
Armenia
–
Azerbaija
n border.
[5]
 Meanw
hile, the
Armenia
n MoD
stated
that
three
Armenia
n
servicem
en were
wounded
as
Azerbaija
ni forces
opened
fire on
Armenia
n
positions
with
Azerbaija
ni forces
in the
district of
Kalbajar.
Armenia
accused
Azerbaija
n of
"occupyi
ng
Armenia
sovereig
n
territory"
as the
Azerbaija
ni side
blamed
the
incident
on
Armenia
n forces
opening
fire first.
[48][10]

 Furthe
[14]

rmore,
the
Armenia
n
authoritie

Reactions[edit]

Armenia[edit]
On 15 May, Armenia's Defense Ministry stated that the situation regarding the Azerbaijani incursion on 12–13 May remained

Azerbaijan[edit]
was
enforcing
the
borders
of
Azerbaija
n on the
basis of
maps
defining
the
border
between
Armenia
and
Azerbaija
n,
criticizing
the
Armenia
n
statemen
ts as
"provocat
ive" and
"inadequ
ate", that
the
Armenia
n
authoritie
s were
using the
situation
During a
call with
Kazakh
Presiden
t Kassym
-Jomart
Tokayev,
Azerbaija
ni
Presiden
t Aliyev
describe
d
Armenia'
s
decision
to appeal
to the
CSTO as
an
attempt
to
"internati
onalize
the
issue".[53]

Supranational organisations[edit]
ial
integri
ty of
Armen
ia and
of
intern
ational
law;
where
as this
violati
on of
Armen
ian
sover
eign
territor
y
follow
s
worryi
ng
state
ments
by
Azerb
aijani
repres
entativ
es,
includi
ng the
presid
ent,
Chairs
of
the O
SCE
Minsk
Group
 took
note
of the
report
ed
detent
ion of
six
Armen
ian
soldier
s on
27
May
and
called
for the
releas
e of all
prison
ers of
war
and
other
detain
ees
on an
all for
all
 ,a
militar
y
allianc
e in
Eurasi
a
consis
ting of
sever
al
post-
Soviet
states,
declar
ed
that it
is
closel
y
monit
oring
the
situati
on
evolvi
ng in
Syunik
and if
neces
sary,
meas
ures
will be

Other countries[edit]
ed
Azerb
aijan
to
"imme
diately
pull
back
its
forces
".[56]
[57]
 The
United
States
is
conce
rned
by
recent
develo
pment
s
along
the
intern
ational
border
betwe
en
Armen
ia and
Azerb
aijan,
includi
ng the
ia and
Azerb
aijan
to be
provo
cative
and
unnec
essary
and
rejects
the
use of
force
to
demar
cate
the
border
,
calling
on
both
sides
to
return
to
their
previo
us
positio
ns
and to
cease