Azerbaijani President: Armenia’s large-scale military provocation at state border is a huge blow to normalization process between two countries

Baku, September 16, AZERTAC “Azerbaijan presented five basic principles for the peace agreement to Armenia based on the mutual recognition of each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Now, we need without preconditions and artificial delays to start the work on the draft peace treaty,” said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as he addressed the Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Samarkand. “But unfortunately, on 13 September this year Armenia perpetrated large-scale military provocation at the state border with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani Armed Forces resolutely repulsed the Armenian provocation. This provocation is a huge blow to the normalization process between two countries. All responsibility for this lies with the military-political leadership of Armenia,” the head of state noted.