In addition, Shushah is located on the road that connects Nagorno-Karabakh with the territory of Armenia.
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“It is with great pride and pleasure that I inform you that the city of Shushah has been liberated from the Armenian occupation. Shushha is ours! Karabakh is ours!” Aliyev told the state in a televised address.
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Armenian officials, meanwhile, are reporting heavy fighting over the city.
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The Armenian side also rejects Aliyev’s announcement of Shushu’s capture.
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“The battle of Sushi continues. Wait and believe in our forces,” Arcruns Ovannisyan, a spokesman for the Armenian Ministry of Defense, said on his Facebook page.
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Intense fighting resumed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on September 27.
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Azerbaijani forces are reportedly being assisted by Turkish armed forces officers and Turkish-organized Syrian militants.
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Baku rejects any solution that would allow Armenians to retain control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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There have been hostile relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia since the 1990s, when there was a war over Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian population.
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Nagorno-Karabakh, which was part of the Azerbaijani SSR during the Soviet era, has been a “de facto” independent Armenian republic since the early 1990s. Although Azerbaijan has not controlled Nagorno-Karabakh since the collapse of the USSR, it considers the Armenian region to be its territory. Nagorno-Karabakh is also considered by the international community to be part of Azerbaijan, and no country has recognized the region as an independent state.
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