Azerbaijan Takes Control Of Strategic Points In Eastern Zangezur

Sumaira FH Published March 30, 2023 | 07:31 PM

Azerbaijan said on Thursday it has taken control of a "vast border area" and several strategic heights and roads in the Lachin area of the Eastern Zangezur economic region

ISTANBUL , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Mar, 2023 ):Azerbaijan said on Thursday it has taken control of a "vast border area" and several strategic heights and roads in the Lachin area of the Eastern Zangezur economic region.

"In connection with the commissioning of the new Lachin road, several dominant heights, main and auxiliary roads, as well as a vast border area between the villages of Jagazur and Zabukh, Lachin region, were taken under control," the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The development comes as tensions grow over Armenian military movements in the region, including the transport of personnel and weapons, which Azerbaijan has denounced as a "gross violation" of trilateral agreements between the two countries and Russia.