The United States will complete joint exercises with Armenia on September 20 as planned; The start of Azerbaijan’s military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh did not affect their behavior. This was reported by Reuters referring to a military representative.
According to him, although Baku launched an “anti-terrorism” operation in Karabakh, there was no change in the Eagle Partner 2023 exercise, which lasted 10 days with the participation of 85 American soldiers and 175 Armenian soldiers.
“We knew they were conducting operations, but we did not believe there was any risk to our soldiers at the time, so they remained there for the duration of the exercise,” a US Army spokesman said.
On September 11, joint exercises with the USA began in Armenia. They are kept at the Zar training center. The objectives of the exercise included increasing coherence among units participating in peacekeeping missions and exchanging experience in various fields.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller statedJoint exercises between US and Armenian troops have nothing to do with tensions between Yerevan and Baku.
September 19 Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense announced At the beginning of a local counter-terrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Previously, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova in the name Armenia and Azerbaijan are returning to a diplomatic solution on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Source: Gazeta
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