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The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry issued a statement in connection with the detention of Azerbaijani diversionary team in Karvachar region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The defense ministry believes the detained saboteurs did nothing illegal, APA agency reported.

“The Ministry said such allegations are groundless. Occupied territories are lands of a sovereign Azerbaijan, and no one can ban Azerbaijanis from moving freely in these territories. These persons did not violate a state border as Armenian side claims, since the territories controlled by self-proclaimed regime are created illegally as a result of occupation and are a territory recognized by UN as the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the ministry said.

Earlier Armenian Defense Ministry said there is clear evidence that we are dealing with a criminal group hired and used for diversion purposes by the Azerbaijani authorities.

“The members of  diversionary team had no badges of rank. They grossly violated laws and traditions of war established by international law, violently and inhumanly attacking civilians,” the statement reads.

The Defense Ministry said criminal code envisages clear punishment in case of criminal acts: illegal crossing the border, murder and a murder attempt. Therefore, they will be prosecuted under the general procedure set by the criminal law and human rights principles.
 

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