On September 19, 2023, 1 vehicle fell into an anti-tank mine buried in the territory of the Khojavand region by the sabotage-sabotage group of the Armenian armed forces present in the territories of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily stationed. As a result of this provocation, 2 civilians were killed.

Axar.az reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement about this.

On the same day, 4 employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who were on their way to the area where the mentioned terror took place, were killed by a landmine on the road to a newly constructed tunnel in the Tagaverd village of Khojavand district.

We offer our deepest condolences to the families and relatives of the deceased. Rest in peace!

Thus, the total number of mine victims from the 44-day Patriotic War in 2020 has reached 314 people, of whom 61 people died.

The mine explosion in the territory of the Khojavand region once again shows that the main goal of Armenia and the so-called regime created by it, which has not yet withdrawn the Armenian armed forces from the territory of Azerbaijan in gross violation of paragraph 4 of the Tripartite Declaration, and the so-called regime created by it, is to increase military tension in the region, through terrorism. is to be busy. At the same time, the purpose of these provocations is to prevent large-scale post-conflict reconstruction works, the civilian population operating in these areas, as well as the return of internally displaced persons and their peaceful living in their places.

In order to ensure peace and security in the region, the military provocations and terrorist acts committed by Armenia and the so-called regime created by it must be firmly condemned and prevented.