President of Azerbaijan - Armenia's political-military leadership bears responsibility for perpetrated crimes
President of Azerbaijan - Armenia's political-military leadership bears responsibility for perpetrated crimes

Azerbaijan has vowed a “befitting retaliation” against Armenian attacks on its civilians, with President Ilham Aliyev saying the fresh missile attacks on Ganja city came from Armenia’s Vardenis district, nearly a 100 km from the bitterly contested Karabakh region.

“That missile attack was launched from Armenia’s Vardenis district,” Aliyev said of the attack that punctured the humanitarian ceasefire between both sides, killed nine people, and wounded dozens.

Aliyev said the death toll from Armenian attacks climbed to 41 civilians and over 200 people wounded. 

“The Armenian side aims to recapture the liberated territories. Armenia’s political-military leadership bears responsibility for perpetrated crimes,” he said. “The Azerbaijani side will give a befitting retaliation!”