 CSTO, there is ongoing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tensions stemming from years of disputes are ongoing between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Caucasus. General Secretary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, CSTO Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Tensions that stem from the long years of disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan remain in the Caucasus. The CSTO chief told an expanded meeting of the leaders of the organization's secretariat and United Staff. It should be noted that there is information about increasing the number of representatives of the illegal armed groups of Armenians in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijanian military expert Ramaldanov noted about the following. If we said five to six thousand before, now it is known that their number has reached eight to ten thousand. This also shows that we are faced with the facts of increasing the number and arming of illegal armed groups on the territory of Azerbaijan. President Ilham Aliyev gave a clear message and said that if steps are taken by the military and political leadership of Armenia, their patrons or revanchist forces that threaten Azerbaijan's interests, Azerbaijan will immediately take adequate retaliatory measures. The official information released by the Ministry of Defense indicates that Azerbaijan will continue to take such measures to prevent any provocation against our country in the future, monitoring the operational conditions. Recently, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said that the Republic's forces had taken control of heights and areas in the Latian district near the border with Armenia ahead of the commissioning of a new motor road that would connect Karabakh to Armenia.