BAKU, November 8. / TASS /. The Azerbaijani armed forces took control of the city of Shusha in Karabakh. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday in an address to the nation from the Martyrs’ Alley in Baku, which was broadcast on state television.
“The date of November 8 will forever go down in the history of our country. The armed forces took control of Shusha,” Aliyev said.
According to the president, “Shusha has been under occupation for 28 years.” “We won this victory on the battlefield, not at the negotiating table. The negotiations turned out to be meaningless,” Aliyev said.
The situation in the region escalated on September 27, active fighting began on the disputed territory. Both sides reported killed and wounded, including civilians. Already three times, agreements on a ceasefire were reached, but almost immediately the parties to the conflict began to accuse each other of violating them.
Baku and Yerevan have disputed the ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh since February 1988, when the region announced its secession from the Azerbaijan SSR. During the 1992-1994 armed conflict, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions.
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