ArmInfo.Holding of large-scale military exercises of Azerbaijani Armed Forces treated with irony in Yerevan.
"Military exercises began in Azerbaijan (the most lively event of the presidential election campaign)," Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan responded to the large-scale military exercises that are starting in Azerbaijan today.
At the same time, he recalled that Azerbaijan once again flagrantly violated the commitments undertaken within the framework of the OSCE. "This is a blatant violation of the OSCE commitments to begin the exercise without prior warning of the member states of the Organization," Balayan wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the APA with reference to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that large- scale exercises will be held in Azerbaijan from 12 to 17 March with the participation of various types of troops, associations and formations of the Azerbaijani army. "Up to 25,000 military personnel, up to 250 tank units and other armored vehicles, up to 1,000 rocket and artillery units of various caliber, multiple rocket launcher systems and mortars, up to 50 units of army and front-line aviation of various purposes During the exercises, the troops will perform the tasks "to repel an enemy offensive, to inflict a fire on it." During the exercises at various ranges, combat fire will be fired using new weapon systems recently adopted for service ", the source says.