Azerbaijan claims Armenia targeted key pipeline

Azerbaijani authorities have accused Armenia of launching missiles to target Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline that carries Azerbaijani crude to Turkey and on to global markets.

y said missile attack was repelled by Azerbaijani military.

Shushan Stepanian, spokeswoman for Armenian Defence Ministry, denied that Armenian forces were targeting oil and gas facilities.

She ded, however, that all Azerbaijani military assets used to attack Nagor-Karabakh “will be destroyed irrespective of ir location”.

Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline segment in Yevlakh region was targeted on Tuesday.

rockets, according to Azerbaijan officials, hit location but pipeline itself was t damd.

Yevlakh region is located 50 km (about 31 miles) away from frontline on Azerbaijan territory.

Heavy fighting between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over separatist territory of Nagor-Karabakh since Sept. 27 has killed hundreds in worst escalation of hostilities since 1994 when a truce ended a war that rd for several years.

Nagor-Karabakh lies inside Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia for more than a quarter-century.

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