ArmInfo. There is no tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border and on the Line of Contact of Karabakh-Azerbaijani troops, Spokesperson of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated today at the briefing in the combat position of Armed Forces in North Eastern direction of Armenian-Azerbaijani state border.
"The situation is relatively calm. We do not consider that 1-2 shots mean escalation", he stressed at the same time adding that NKR Defense Army is regularly reporting about the situation on the Line of Contact and in case there is any escalation it will inform about that. "Armenia and Artsakh armed forces fully control the situation and carry out their military tasks", he stated.
Touching upon the fact of injury of two servicemen of NKR Defense Army and the attempts to keep it in secret, Hovhannisyan stated that Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army considered it unreasonable to inform about that. "Everything that poses interest for the society is published in time and if it is not only from considerations of security" stated the Spokesperson.
Answering to the question about the possible transition of Armenian army to contract one, he stressed that the number of contract soldiers increases year by year. "However, the mixed system will be maintained for many years, as in our opinion this is the most efficient model for us today", he stressed.