Azerbaijani army’s General Staff chief assigns to increase combat-readiness in direction of Armenia’s Sev Lake

 News.am 
Dec 30 2021

First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Colonel General Kerim Veliyev today inspected the military units deployed in the Lachin region.

As reported Azerbaijani presses, citing the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, “during a meeting with the personnel performing service in poor weather, the chief of the General Staff gave assignments for further increase of combat-readiness and maintenance of combat-readiness on the state border at a high level, including in the direction of Garagyol Lake. Later, the personnel of the military unit took part in a consultation during which the results of the year 2021. The participants of the meeting were told about the objectives that President of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev and the defense minister have set forth for the army, as well as the activities being carried out for improvement of the social and living conditions. Assignments were also given to improve the combat and official activities.”

“Garagyol Lake” is Sev Lake, one of the areas of the sovereign territory of Armenia that the Azerbaijani army has invaded.