 Purpose of anti-terrorist activities launched by Azerbaijani army in Karabakh announced. Local anti-terrorist activities have been launched to restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense said. Local anti-terrorist activities have been launched to ensure the provisions of the trilateral statement suppress large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region to disarm and secure the withdrawal of formations of Armenia's armed forces from our territories, neutralize their military infrastructure, provide the safety of the civilian population returned to the territories liberated from occupation, the civilians involved in construction and restoration work and our military personnel, and ultimately restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As a part of the measures, positions on the frontline and in-depth long-term firing points of the formations of Armenia's armed forces as well as combat assets and military facilities are incapacitated using high-precision weapons, Ministry of Defense said. It is noted that systematic shelling of positions of the Azerbaijan army by the formations of Armenia's armed forces using weapons of different calibres continued mining of territories, enhancement of engineering support for battle positions as well as an increase in the number of trenches and shelters in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in the past few months have further escalated the tensions. In this regard, we have also registered fortification of battle positions with military personnel, armored vehicles, artillery gun mounts and other firepower bringing units to a high level of combat readiness, creation of additional mobilization units, expansion of reconnaissance activities against units of the Azerbaijan army as well as penetration in depth of our positions to carry our reconnaissance subversion acts by replanting mines across already demined areas and the roads used for civilian purposes. Such facts are the testimony to the ongoing deliberate and planned policy of terror by Armenia against Azerbaijan, Ministry of Defense said. The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has repeatedly stated that contrary to the provisions of the trilateral statement signed on 10th November 2022, the continued presence of Armenia's armed forces formations in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is the source of grave threat to regional peace and stability. Therefore, local anti-terrorist activities have been launched to ensure the provisions of the trilateral statement suppress large-scale provocations in the Karabakh economic region to disarm and secure the withdrawal of formations of Armenia's armed forces from our territories, neutralize their military infrastructure, provide the safety of the civilian population returned to the territories liberated from occupation, the civilians involved in construction and restoration work and our military personnel and ultimately restore the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Ministry of Defense said.