On Monday, Azerbaijan admitted that it had shot down a Russian military helicopter on its border with Armenia and apologised.
In a statement the foreign ministry said: “The Azerbaijani side offers an apology to the Russian side in connection with this tragic incident, adding the move was an accident and not aimed against Moscow.”
The foreign ministry said the helicopter flew at a low altitude during hours of darkness and close to the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
He said: “Helicopters of the Russian air force had not been previously sighted in the area.”
Two crew members were killed and a third was injured when the helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan, the defence ministry in Moscow said.
Baku said Azerbaijani forces decided to open fire due to heightened tensions amid fighting with Armenian separatists. It offered its condolences to the families of those killed and said it was ready to pay compensation.
