02/03/2015 12:47
Artsrun Hovhannisyan: Situation on border is tense again
The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is tense again, the spokesman for Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Aysor.am.
“The situation has escalated again due to provocative actions of Azerbaijan. Several subversive attempts were made, and on one occasion the enemy managed to approach our frontline positions. Two Armenian servicemen were killed on February 28. The number of ceasefire violations by Azerbaijan has doubled, not to say tripled in recent days,” A. Hovhannisyan said.
“The situation that was stabilized with difficulty is again tense due to Azerbaijan’s actions. We call the attention of international mediatory structures to this situation. We warn again that all responsibility for grave consequences rests with the Azerbaijani side,” Defense Ministry’s spokesman said.
According to A. Hovhannisyan, following the provocations of Azerbaijani troops, three soldiers of the Azerbaijani army were killed by servicemen of Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic killed.