Azerbaijan shoots down Armenian drone

By Ruslan Rehimov

BAKU

Azerbaijan’s military shot down an Armenian drone along the line of contact between the two countries' forces, the Defense Ministry in Baku said in a statement on Saturday.

According to the Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, an X-55 type unmanned aerial vehicle, which belongs to Armenia, was downed while conducting a surveillance flight over the Azerbaijan’s military positions in Aghdam district of the contact line.

The ministry also published the photographs of the downed drone.

Azerbaijan and Armenia remain in dispute over the occupied Karabakh region. Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan in 1991 with Armenian military support, and a peace process has yet to be implemented.