ArmInfo.Turkish Foreign Affair Ministry released a statement to recent developments at at the contact line of Karabakh-Azerbaijani military forces.
The statement particularly reads as follows: "We condemn the heavy fire launched against Azerbaijan along the line of contact on the night of February 24 to 25. We wish God's mercy on our fallen Azerbaijani brothers, patience to their relatives and to the Azerbaijani nation and a speedy recovery to the injured.
For a quarter century, Armenia has been occupying one-fifth of Azerbaijan's territory. In order not to experience similar clashes occurred in April 2016 along the line of contact and at some sections of Azerbaijan-Armenia border, we call on Armenia to observe the ceasefire and immediately put an end to the violations.
As a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, established for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkey will continue to support the efforts for reaching a just and lasting solution within the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. In this regard, we find it necessary that the Minsk Group should accelerate its efforts for resolving the conflict.
H.E. Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey had phone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart regarding the situation.
To remind, during February 25 night Azerbaijani forces initiated an attack attempt at two sectors at a time: south-eastern( Martouni), and Eastern (Akna). Artsakh Defense Army, using the night vision equipment, fetched out the dislocation of Azerbaijani divisions and threw those back to the initial positions, causing losses to the enemy. The losses of the enemy are several troops dead and two wounded. Several bodies are left in the neutral zone. Artsakh Army has no losses. At the same time, according to Artsakh Defense Army data, a relocation of human power and techniques concentration is monitored at the eastern sector.