Pashinyan called Putin: Armenia asks for help in the CDCs through conflict with Azerbaijan
Journalists write that in the Department of Information and in the public relations of the Armenian Prime Minister, they said that Pashinyan and Putin spoke about the details of the beginning of hostilities. It is also reported that Pashinyan called Azerbaijan's actions inadmissible. Then Armenpress reported that at night a meeting of the Armenian Security Council, which was also attended by President Vagn Khachaturian. They decided to officially turn to Russia for help, as well as the CDC.
At the same time, the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense declares on Facebook that the Azerbaijani troops do not enter the territory of Armenia. "The presence of personnel and equipment of the Armenian armed forces in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh economic zone is ongoing. The Azerbaijan army conducts local countermeasures in response to a large-scale provocation of Armenia," the statement reads. They also reported that the Azerbaijan army was attacked only by military objects in Armenia.
They also called Armenia a occupying country. Karabakh conflict is an ethnopolitical conflict that has ancient historical roots. Large-scale hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place in 1991-1994. As a result, the Bishketsky Protocol on the truce was signed. However, the fighting began again in September 2020. According to the results of the new phase of war, Azerbaijan received control of most of the previously lost territories, which by 2020 controlled the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.