Ilham Aliyev: Responsibility for tension lay squarely with Armenia

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that responsibility for the recent tension lay squarely with Armenia.

The head of state said this in a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council Charles Michel.

President Ilham Aliyev noted that Armenia had once again committed military provocation on the territory of Azerbaijan with a temporary presence of Russian peacekeeping forces. As a result, an Azerbaijani serviceman was killed. Emphasizing that this provocation had been thwarted thanks to the measures taken by Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, the head of state said that responsibility for the tension lay squarely with Armenia.