Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has released video footage of Ashaghi Shurtan village of Kalbajar district.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee Meeting (OSCE PA) was held on February 24 as part of the winter session.

Reports by the President, Secretary General, Treasurer, Heads of Special Committees and other representatives of the OSCE PA were listened. Besides, the participants discussed the organization of future events of the Assembly.

Azay Guliyev, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the OSCE PA also shared his views on the possible role of the OSCE PA in the establishment of a parliamentary dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan stated in the report by Secretary General Roberto Montella.

Snowy and stormy weather has been observed in Azerbaijan since February 23.

The height of snow cover in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula reached 5 cm today.  

The snowfall in the capital froze the roads, causing traffic restrictions. Meteorologists forecast the frosty weather in Baku will prevail until February 25.   

We present a video of the snow-blanketed Baku.

Demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stormed a university building in the Armenian capital, Yerevan.

Report informs, citing the Armenian media, that they entered the building of Yerevan State University.

Protesters are urging students to join the rallies.

Another group tried to enter the Armenian State University of Economics but was stopped by police.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has released video footage reflecting airstrikes of the Su-25 attack aircraft and combat helicopters inflicted on the Armenian armed forces during the Patriotic War.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense has released video footage of Aghdam village of Khojavend district.

A television show dedicated to the Khojaly genocide was broadcast on February 23 by Raoul Contreras, a well-known journalist who worked in San Diego, California, USA. The program is part of the author’s program -The Contreras Report: International Edition, the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles told Report.

Contreras is the author of the books “Murder in the Mountains: War Crime in Khojaly and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” and “Armenian Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” and has published numerous articles about Azerbaijan in several influential media outlets.

In the program, the journalist emphasizes that in February 1992, the Armenian armed forces attacked the Azerbaijani city of Khojaly, killing many people, including children and women. He also noted that Armenian executioners tortured Azerbaijanis in captivity.

Contreras called the Khojaly massacre genocide and described it as a crime against humanity.

The author informed about the books written by western writers about the Khojaly genocide. He also quoted a book written by the brother of Monte Melkonian, an Armenian terrorist from California who took part in the genocide, and an interview with former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the subject, noting how Armenians acknowledged the cruelties committed in Khojaly.

He stressed that the perpetrators of the Khojaly genocide had not been punished yet; many of them have been promoted to the level of national heroes in Armenia and hold high positions in the government.

The author then presented a short video about the atrocities committed in Khojaly by Khojaly witnesses.

A television programme dedicated to the Khojaly Genocide was broadcasted on February 23 by Raoul Contreras, a well-known journalist based in San Diego, California, USA, said the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.

The programme was prepared within the author’s program “The Contreras Report: International Edition”.

Contreras is the author of the books “Murder in the Mountains: War Crimes in Khojaly and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” and “Armenian Lobby and US Foreign Policy” and published numerous articles about Azerbaijan in a number of influential media outlets.

Note, on 25-26 February 1992, Armenian Armed Forces, accompanied by armored vehicles of the former Soviet 366th motorized rifle regiment, attacked and occupied the besieged town of Khojaly as part of the armed aggression and ethnic cleansing that had been taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan since 1988.

When the residents of Khojaly attempted to flee the area, they were ambushed and fired on by the Armenian troops. As a result of the genocidal act, of the approximately 6,000 inhabitants of the town, 613 civilians, including 106 women, 63 children and 70 elderly, were killed.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from the Hal village of Gubadli district.

Note, the Azerbaijani Army liberated the territories of Azerbaijan, which were occupied by Armenia nearly 30 years ago, during the 44-day Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The war started on September 27 when the Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery and lasted until November 10. Until November 10, the Azerbaijan Army liberated some villages and cities of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, Zangilan, Khojavend, Khojaly, Terter, Shusha and Lachin districts. 

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia. A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from the Yeni Garalar village of Aghdam district.

Note, the Azerbaijani Army liberated the territories of Azerbaijan, which were occupied by Armenia nearly 30 years ago, during the 44-day Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The war started on September 27 when the Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery and lasted until November 10. Until November 10, the Azerbaijan Army liberated some villages and cities of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, Zangilan, Khojavend, Khojaly, Terter, Shusha and Lachin districts. 

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia. A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to the Combat Training Plan for 2021, live-fire training exercises with the mortar batteries’ military personnel continue.

Report informs, citing the Defense Ministry, that the training process of mortarmen is carried out considering the combat experience gained in the Patriotic War.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from the Sirkhavend village of Aghdam district.

Note, the Azerbaijani Army liberated the territories of Azerbaijan, which were occupied by Armenia nearly 30 years ago, during the 44-day Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The war started on September 27 when the Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery and lasted until November 10. Until November 10, the Azerbaijan Army liberated some villages and cities of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, Zangilan, Khojavend, Khojaly, Terter, Shusha and Lachin districts. 

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia. A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan shared a video from the Ikinji Alibeyli village of Zangilan district.

Note, the Azerbaijani Army liberated the territories of Azerbaijan, which were occupied by Armenia nearly 30 years ago, during the 44-day Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The war started on September 27 when the Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars and artillery and lasted until November 10. Until November 10, the Azerbaijan Army liberated some villages and cities of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Gubadli, Zangilan, Khojavend, Khojaly, Terter, Shusha and Lachin districts. 

On November 10, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Under the agreement, Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh and the corridor between the region and Armenia. A total of 1,960 Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh under a five-year mandate.

Also, according to the agreement, on 20 November, Armenia handed over the Aghdam region which lies to the east of Nagorno-Karabakh, to Azerbaijan. This followed on 25 November by the Kalbajar region to the northwest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has released video footage of Hamzali village of Gubadli district liberated from occupation.

According to the combat training plan for 2021, live-fire training exercises with the military personnel of the mortar batteries that are conducted in training centers and at firing ranges continue, according to the press service of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry. 

The servicemen are fulfilling the standards for deploying and taking firing positions on the terrain, detecting targets, adjusting fire, as well as for a quick change of firing positions.

Servicemen are also fulfilling tasks of destroying targets located at different distances using mortars. 

Training exercises continue.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan continues to take comprehensive measures to expose the aggressor Armenia in the international arena.

Within those measures, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office prepared a video in Azerbaijani, Russian and English languages.

The video contains information about the crimes of the provocative armed forces of Armenia, which committed crimes against our army and civilians.

It was noted that as a result of strikes by the Armenian armed forces from September 27, 2020 to November 10, 2020, about 30 thousand shells and 227 missiles were fired at the regions and cities where the civilian population of Azerbaijan resides.

It was stated that armed forces of Armenia caused serious damage to the property of a large number of civilians as well as destroyed apartment buildings and non-residential areas.

From September 27, 2020 to November 10, 2020, 93 people including 12 minors and 27 women died as a result of shelling of civilians by enemy forces. 407 people, including 50 minors and 101 women, received injuries of varying degrees of severity.

The Russian oil company Lukoil will take part in developing the Azerbaijani-Turkmen Dostluk field in the Caspian Sea, Report informs referring to turkmenportal.com.

The relevant agreements were reached on Feb. 19 during the meeting of Turkmen President Gurbanguli Berdimuhamedov with the head of the company Vagit Alekperov.

“We welcome the Lukoil Public Joint Stock Company’s intentions to take part in the development of the Dostluk field and are ready to consider specific investment proposals for the implementation of this project,” Berdimuhamedov said.

Thanking the head of Turkmenistan for his trust, Vagit Alekperov assured that the company headed by him would make every effort to successfully solve problems related to the implementation of such a significant project as Dostluk.

On Jan. 21, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding on joint exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources of the Dostluk field in the Caspian Sea.