ArmInfo.The actions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in an attempt to capture the Armenian strongholds located in the direction of the Movses community of the Tavush region of Armenia are worthy of condemnation. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this on July 13 during an extraordinary meeting of the RA government.
He noted that this morning the provocations in this direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border resumed and warned that the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan would bear all responsibility for the unpredictable destabilization of the situation in the region.
"Turkey's incitement to destabilize regional stability, which is best reflected in an official statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, in which Ankara expresses unconditional support for the actions of the Azerbaijani side, has already become apparent and has become a traditional anti-Armenian logic. This military incident has not occurred in a vacuum At present, the Azerbaijani leadership is trying to play this anti-Armenian card for reasons known to them, "the Armenian Prime Minister said, not excluding the possibility that these provocative actions of the enemy at the border aim to distract from internal problems in the country and put them on the back burner by the Azerbaijani leadership.
He also pointed out that during these actions the indifferent attitude of the Azerbaijani leadership to the lives of their own military personnel is evident, which is manifested in the fact that they are sent to participate in unpromising actions. According to him, this is also evidenced by the fact that Azerbaijan did not join the UN Secretary General's call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic. "It turns out that the more the epidemic spreads in Azerbaijan, the more the socio-economic situation is aggravating, the more anti-Armenian sentiments and militaristic rhetoric among the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan are aggravating. Instead of urging their own people to observe public health security measures, the Azerbaijani leadership with militaristic declarations of war, it's as if Armenianophobia is the best method of combating coronavirus, "the prime minister said, adding that not a single enemy provocation will remain unanswered and in this context called on citizens to express unconditional support for the Armenian Armed Forces who are steadfast in defending the borders. It should be noted that the day before, at around 12:30, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, for reasons unknown to the Armenian side, attempted to violate the state border of the Republic of Armenia in the Tavush direction by UAZ car. After warning the Armenian side, leaving the UAZ car, the enemy troops returned to their positions. At 13:45, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, using artillery fire, tried to capture the Armenian stronghold, but were thrown back by the fire, incurring loss of manpower. There are no losses from the Armenian side.
Toward evening, the enemy resumed shelling of Armenian positions, in the direction of a strong point that had not previously been captured. All night the Azerbaijani Armed Forces subjected to intensive firing of 82 mm mortars and tanks from the aforementioned strong point.
As it became known, in the morning, after two or three hours of calm, the enemy resumed provocative actions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border in the Tavush direction, and continued shelling of Armenian positions.
The Armenian side warned the enemy that all responsibility for further aggravation of the situation would fall on the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.
According to the official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, during the incident yesterday, three servicemen of the Azerbaijani army were killed and four were injured. It is also worth noting that in connection with this situation with the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. The Foreign Ministry indicated that Armenia's "provocation" aims to divert attention international community from the fact of continuing throughout many years of illegal "occupation by Armenia, which is the Azerbaijani land of Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent territories of Azerbaijan." "Turkey will continue to support Azerbaijan in its struggle to maintain its territorial integrity," the statement said.