Ilham Aliyev-and Mehriban Aliyeva meet with wounded servicemen

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva have met with the servicemen wounded during the Armenian military provocation and treated at the Central Military Clinical Hospital of the Defense Ministry, the presidential press service reported.

The Armenian armed forces committed a large-scale provocation, subjecting the positions of the Azerbaijani army to intensive shelling from large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery installations of various calibers in the front-line zone on Sept. 27 at 05:00 (Msk). The command of the Azerbaijani Army decided to launch a counter-offensive operation of Azerbaijani troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the Armenian armed forces and ensure the safety of the civilian population. Seven villages of Fizuli and Jabrayil districts, key heights near Talysh, as well as Murovdag were liberated.