“A note was given to the Azerbaijani side before the exercises” |
Iran The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Azerbaijan is located along the Araz River military answered the question about the training.
“Iran “Maneuvers and exercises of the Armed Forces in the northwestern region are carried out in accordance with the annual activity calendar and periodic exercises.”
“Turan” agency reports that this opinion is included in the information released by the Iranian embassy in Baku on October 19.
The information emphasizes that, taking into account the relationship of friendship and brotherhood, before starting the training Azerbaijan an official note was issued to: “Iran Headquarters of the Armed Forces chief Bagherin Azerbaijan In the telephone conversation with the Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov, some suggestions on cooperation in conducting exercises were put forward, which are currently being implemented in those exercises.
On October 17, the Iranian Armed Forces, including the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Eastern part of this country Azerbaijan and Araks (Araz) region located in the north of Ardabil provinces military training has begun. The exercises are mainly Azerbaijan– Covers the territory along the Iranian border.
According to the Armenian service of RFE/RL, this is the 20th20This is the third exercise conducted by Iran in the border region after the 44-day Second Karabakh War in 2008.
There are many in Azerbaijan social netizens are strongly criticizing Iran for these exercises. According to them, the aim of the exercises is to threaten Azerbaijan.
“Presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran met in Astana a few days ago. Immediately after this meeting, at the border military conducting exercises does not bode well for Iran-Azerbaijani relations. When there are so many problems inside Iran, when protests in its cities do not subside, to whom and what is Tehran trying to prove with military exercises on the border?– political scientist Elkhan Shahinoglu he asks.
President last year Ilham Aliyev Iran’s Azerbaijan during the interview with “Anadolu” agency on the border while talking about the military exercises he conducted, he said: “Why now and on our border? These questions are not asked by me, but by Azerbaijani society. A question is also asked, why was there no training in that region during the occupation?”.
Most of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan as a result of the Second Karabakh War free did.
The Karabakh conflict that started in 1988 Azerbaijan and Armenia caused fights between Until the cease-fire agreement in 1994 Azerbaijan The Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 adjacent districts were occupied.