ArmInfo.The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the international community must strictly condemn the actions of Baku in the Karabakh conflict zone. About this in an interview with ArmInfo Vice President of the Armenian Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov said, referring to the night of provocation by the enemy on the Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line.
According to the Vice President, Baku's provocation is aimed at shearing of the situation in the region on the eve of parliamentary elections in Armenia. "Therefore, the entire responsibility for the consequences of the provocative policy and the victims rests with the ruling regime in Azerbaijan", resumed Sharmazanov.
To note, on Feb 25, at 3 am and 4 am, the armed forces of Azerbaijan made an attempt to attack the southeastern (Martuni) and eastern (Akna) sections of the line of contact with Artsakh troops, using relevant special equipment for demining. The press office of the Defense Army of Artsakh has told ArmInfo that due to the video surveillance devices, the forward detachments of the Defense Army of Artsakh fixed the adversary's actions in due time and made the adversary retreat. The Azeri troops retreated, suffering losses. Several bodies of the Azeri servicemen are in the neutral zone. The Armenian side suffered no losses.
At the same time, the relevant structures of the Defense Army of Artsakh report that movement of military hardware and troops was fixed in the eastern direction of the contact line. The forward detachments of the Defense Army of Artsakh keep confidently carrying out their combat tasks along the entire line of contact and they are ready to give an adequate response to any provocations of the adversary. The Azeri Defense Ministry has confirmed its losses.