"Dear fellow countrymen, exactly one year ago, Armenia committed a military provocation against Azerbaijan and fired on our battle positions and residential areas," said Victorious Commander-in-Chief, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his address to the nation on the occasion September 27 - Day of Remembrance, APA reports.
"As a result of this cowardly shooting, our civilians and servicemen were killed in the first hours. In response to this bloody crime, the Azerbaijani Army launched a large-scale counter-offensive on my order and won a complete victory in the second Karabakh war which lasted 44 days," noted the head of state.