Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku is still waiting for a response from Yerevan about the origin of the Iskander-M missiles, the wreckage of which was found in Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. He said this on Monday, April 12, at the opening of the Military Trophy Park in the capital of Azerbaijan.
"Where did the Armenian army get these missiles from? There should be no such missiles. This is already clear evidence. This is evidence of Armenia's war crime, and we want an answer. How did this deadly weapon fall into the hands of Armenia? We haven't received a response yet. But we will get it, " the Azerbaijani leader was quoted as saying by his press service.
Aliyev added that Azerbaijan already has enough information on this issue, but Baku is waiting for an official response from Yerevan.
In March, Azerbaijan announced the discovery of fragments of Iskander-M missiles while clearing Shusha of mines. Representatives of the National Agency for Mine Clearance of the Territories of Azerbaijan (ANAMA) demonstrated the fragments of two missiles, <url> reported.
At the same time, the agency did not specify on the basis of what information the conclusion was made about the use of missiles during hostilities.
In February, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the" unexploded "missiles of the Iskander operational-tactical complexes during the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. In March, Pashinyan's press secretary, Mane Gevorgyan, said that the prime minister, after analyzing the facts, came to the conclusion that the information received about the missiles was unreliable.
As the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, clarified on February 26, the Iskander-M missile systems were not used during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
In the same month, the Azerbaijani president confirmed that Baku's detection systems did not detect the use of Iskander missile systems during the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Another escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began at the end of September 2020 and ended on November 10, 2020 after the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the mediation of Russia, of an agreement on the cessation of hostilities in the republic.