Azerbaijani Air Force shoots down Armenian reconnaissance drone
On 2 March the Azerbaijani Air Force destroyed an X-55 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Armenia armed forces. The incident – the third such event this year – took place near the disputed region of Agdam. Since war broke out between the two countries early in the 1990s, Armenia has occupied eight regions on Azerbaijani territory. Four UN Security Council resolutions have been passed instructing Armenia to withdraw from the area, but these have not so far been acted upon by the country.

3 March 2017 11:13 (UTC+04:00)

By Rashid Shirinov

The Azerbaijani Air Forces detected and destroyed a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near Azerbaijan’s Agdam region on March 2 , the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.

The statement reads that an X-55 UAV belonging to the Armenian armed forces attempted to carry out reconnaissance flights over the Azerbaijani positions. It was promptly discovered and destroyed by Azerbaijan's Air Forces.

Armenia uses UAVs against Azerbaijan from time to time. On February 25, Azerbaijani armed forces destroyed Armenian UAV and pillbox near the Talish village. Another UAV belonging to the Armenian armed forces was destroyed on January 22 in the direction of Azerbaijan’s Tovuz region.

Armenia broke out a lengthy war against Azerbaijan laying territorial claims on its South Caucasus neighbor. Since a war in the early 1990s, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts.

---

Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz