EU calls on Azerbaijan to stop military activities in Nagorno-Karabakh

The EU condemned the military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday (19 September) after Azerbaijan launched an attack in the contested breakaway territory, a step that could herald a new war.

In a statement announcing its operation, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry on Tuesday said it intended to “disarm and secure the withdrawal of formations of Armenia’s armed forces from our territories, (and) neutralise their military infrastructure”.

It said it was only targeting legitimate military targets using “high-precision weapons” and not civilians as part of what it called a drive to “restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.