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The Egyptian news portal Youm7 highlighted the remarks voiced by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in his interview with the Russian Interfax agency.
The portal reported that President Ilham Aliyev said 5,000 Armenian troops might have been killed on the battlefield. The Azerbaijani leader also pointed out that having suffered a heavy defeat on the battlefield, the Armenian armed forces continue to target civilians.
“Four civilians, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed as a result of cluster munitions fired on Barda yesterday. This is not a conflict zone. So this is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire, which was agreed upon in Washington. Before that, the ceasefire agreed in Moscow was violated by the Armenian side the next day when they launched a ballistic missile from the territory of Armenia to Ganja. As a result of this, 10 people died. As a result of the second ballistic missile attack on Ganja, even more people died. There are about 30 victims in a peaceful city. Although the aggressive conduct of the Armenian side and the fact that they are flagrantly violating international law, the Geneva Conventions, and committing war crimes does not suggest that, they are going to address the substance of the settlement issue, of course. Attacking peaceful cities with cluster munitions is a war crime. We have 69 civilians killed and more than 300 injured as a result of Armenian shelling,” the Egyptian portal cited President Ilham Aliyev as saying.
Youm7 also highlighted the criticism by the Azerbaijani president of the UN Security Council and the OSCE Minsk Group.