ArmInfo. NKR head press secretary David Babayan is assured that data on losses of Azerbaijani Armed Forces faced during April war, contained in Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Najmeddin Sadykov's letter , addressed to Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov are artificially decreased in multiple.
According to him, Armenian side repeatedly reported several thousand losses from the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. "The letter notes that during the period from 2 to 6 April 2016, the losses of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan amounted to 558 killed and 1,293 wounded, with 98 soldiers killed during offensives in the direction of Talish-Agdara (Martakert-ed). This document does not fully reflect the total number of losses. I will remind you that at the meeting of the first lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva with the mothers of the deceased were present more than 1000 women, which already indicates that the losses of the Azerbaijani side were at least 1500 to 2,000 servicemen, "Babayan noted.
At the same time, he expressed confidence that appearance of this document in the media may indicate that the domestic political crisis and the intra-clan struggle have seriously deepened in Azerbaijan. At the same time, he did not rule out that the publication of the document was initiated with the easy submission of Ilham Aliyev himself. "Similarly, attempts are being made to exert pressure on certain security forces. This is not the whole list, left backlash. I also believe that an attempt to distract the attention of society from the real number of losses is done by such a throwing, as serious fires of discontent have appeared in the society, "Babayan said.
At the same time, he said that in Azerbaijan, serious business has been built on the deaths of the dead servicemen: the bodies of these young children have been sold, the funds allocated to the families of the deceased do not reach them completely, half settle in the pockets of military officials, cash in on the amounts for tombstones, and sites allocated for graves.