The newest in a sequence of vandalistic assaults by Armenian radicals on Azerbaijani embassies befell in France on Sunday.
Through the incident, livid Armenians overthrew iron limitations in entrance of the embassy’s constructing in an try and storm the entrance door of the constructing and get inside.
In video footage from contained in the constructing, an embassy worker tried to forestall the attackers from breaking down the door.
Azerbaijani Ambassador to France, Rahman Mustafayev, mentioned the inaction of the French legislation enforcement companies enabled the fanatics to assault the embassy.
“French Armenian fanatics storm the constructing of the Azerbaijani Embassy in France. However let’s depart Armenian barbarians apart. Mr. Emmanuel Macron [French president], disgrace on France, which doesn’t shield the embassies and ignores our elementary requests associated to our safety,” he wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, Armenians dwelling in Lebanon dedicated related assault on Azerbaijani embassy situated in Beirut.
In Georgia, attackers’ makes an attempt had been thwarted by police earlier than they managed to march towards the Azerbaijani embassy within the capital Tbilisi.
A spokesperson for Azerbaijan’s International Ministry, Leyla Abdullayeva, mentioned the latest assaults of Armenian radicals on the embassies had been nothing new for Azerbaijan.
“We now have confronted this earlier than,” she mentioned. “In keeping with worldwide legislation, specifically the Vienna Conference, the nation through which the diplomat and the diplomatic mission itself is situated has a particular obligation to make sure their security. We known as on these international locations to take the required measures for the correct implementation of the Conference.”
The ministry submitted a be aware of protest to the French ambassador in Azerbaijan on Monday to demand an intensive investigation by French legislation enforcement companies into the incident, an applicable authorized evaluation, the prosecution of accountable people and compensation for the damages triggered to the embassy’s constructing.
Assaults by Armenians towards Azerbaijan’s embassies adopted the latest clashes between the militaries of the 2 international locations on the state border. The scenario escalated after the Armenian troops shelled navy and civilian positions in Azerbaijan, and deployed sabotage teams to mine the territories and provide routes utilized by the Azerbaijani military on September 12 and 13.
The brief however bloody flare-up of hostilities claimed lives on either side. The Azerbaijani Protection Ministry confirmed that 80 Azerbaijani servicemen had been killed within the clashes, whereas the variety of injured servicemen reached 282. In keeping with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, 135 Armenian servicemen had been reported useless.
In keeping with the Protection Ministry of Azerbaijan, countermeasures taken by the Azerbaijani military resulted within the manpower and fight tools losses of the Armenian armed forces concerned in offensive and sabotage operations. The Baku-based Caliber.Az information service claimed that the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan additionally destroyed cannons, navy vehicles with ammunition, a navy unit and S-300 air protection programs of the Armenian navy because of the retaliatory measures.
On September 14, the Protection Ministry of Azerbaijan introduced the resumption of armed provocations by the Armenian navy. In keeping with the ministry, the incidents befell on the evening of September 13 and into the subsequent morning.
The Armenian armed forces as soon as once more opened fireplace on Azerbaijan military items stationed within the instructions of Kalbajar and Lachin areas with mortars and artillery weapons. The Azerbaijani troops responded to the shelling with retaliatory measures. In keeping with Azerbaijani media studies, the Armenian military’s renewed assault aimed to seize navy positions, nevertheless, the troops needed to retreat after struggling losses.
The scenario on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border has remained steady because the two sides agreed to a truce on September 14.
