Azerbaijan announced that it had launched local counter-terrorism activities in the Karabakh economic region in response to the tragic deaths of two civilians and four police officers in incidents involving landmines, placed by Armenian armed forces, Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations said at the 9422nd Meeting of the UN Security Council, Report informs.
"A genuine dialogue between the Government of Azerbaijan and representatives of the region, together with full engagement in the normalization process by Armenia and Azerbaijan, is the only sustainable way forward," he said, expressing the Secretariat’s readiness to support ongoing peace efforts and provide assistance.