Azerbaijan announced on Tuesday the launch of an “anti-terrorist operation” in Karabakh aimed at “restoring the constitutional structure”, almost three years after the second war with Armenia over the disputed South Caucasus region. “The aim is to ensure the withdrawal of Armenian forces from sovereign Azeri territory, the elimination of large-scale provocative operations, and the fulfilment of the stipulations of the 2020 trilateral agreements,” Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said.
Authorities in the area of Karabakh still under Armenian control – greatly reduced after the 2nd Karabakh war in 2020 – reported the launch of multiple missiles and artillery shells along the entire front line of the mountainous enclave, while for its part the government in Baku guaranteed a humanitarian corridor through the Lachin road (the only land route connecting Karabakh with Armenia) for the evacuation of civilians.
“The separatist regime in Karabakh must be dissolved,” the Azerbaijani foreign ministry said in a separate statement, stressing that the “only way” to ensure peace in the region after Armenia’s provocations and non-compliance with agreements is “the complete withdrawal of Armenian forces” from the region.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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