David Tonoyan on promotion of Azerbaijani troops in Nakhijevan:  Situation is under control

ArmInfo. The Armenian Defense Ministry is not concerned with the redeployment of the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

"The situation is completely under control, and we neutralize any  movement by our effective activity," Defense Minister David Tonoyan  told reporters on June 1 after the meeting of the Armenian  government, commenting on the information that the Azerbaijani side  in Nakhijevan is trying to move its positions forward.  According to  the minister, everyone should understand that Azerbaijan carries out  certain movements on its territory - in Nakhijevan. At the same time,  according to the minister, it is unreasonable at this stage to raise  the issue of CSTO intervention. "I think that we need to soberly  assess the situation." The Armenian Defense Ministry does not see any  problems at the moment, "he said. As for the visit of the heads of  the MFA and MFA of Armenia to the south-western section of the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border, according to Tonoyan, this was due to  the desire of the Foreign Minister personally to get acquainted with  the situation on this stretch of the border.

As David Tonoyan pointed out, he periodically, several times a day,  reports to the Prime Minister about the situation both on the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border and on the contact line between the  Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces.

At the same time, the head of the defense department informed that in  the days of the April events in Armenia there were certain clusters  on the contact line. This, he pointed out, was due to Azerbaijan's  concern over possible provocations by Armenia.

To note, during the "velvet revolution" in Armenia, the ruling RPA,  as well as the ex-head of the Defense Ministry Vigen Sargsyan,  repeatedly stated about the accumulation of forces on the border and  on the contact line. Nevertheless, the deputy from the "Yelk" bloc,  Sasun Mikaelyan, refuted this information from the rostrum of the  Armenian parliament, calling them speculation by the authorities. As  Vigen Sargsyan said on May 9, these days he never got calls from MP  Sasun Mikaelyan, either from the acting Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan or from somebody else, "who would have rang the bell and  asked if this statement is in line with this statement reality or  not, or on what grounds it is made.