Balayan: Armenian Armed Forces do not need assistance from other  states in Nakhchivan direction

ArmInfo.Armenia properly informs its partners about the actions of Azerbaijan, including in Nakhchivan direction. Tigran Balayan, Press Secretary of the Armenian oreign Ministry, stated this at a briefing in Yerevan on July 2, touching upon yesterday's information of the Ministry of Defense of  Armenia about the attempts of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan to move positions in Nakhijevan direction, as a result of which a shoot-out was initiated, an Armenian soldier-contractor was wounded.

Balayan stressed that the Armenian Defense Ministry is actively  informing about the operational situation on the front line, and he  has nothing to add. "From the political point of view, it's not new  that Azerbaijan acts on the basis of their irresponsibility  principle, and not fulfilling the commitments, and we, for our part,  continue to raise this issue, both to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs,  and to our other international partners and We believe that serious  work is to be done by mediators in this direction, "he said, adding  that Azerbaijan's failure to fulfill its obligations demonstrates  disregard for the mediators in the first place.

The representative of the Armenian Foreign Ministry also disagreed  with the fact that what is happening in Artsakh is in no way  interconnected with the security of Armenia. According to him, what  is happening in Artsakh has a direct impact on Armenia, moreover, the  situation on the Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line has a direct  impact on the processes in Armenia and its security. "And our  diplomats are well aware that the distance from their offices to the  line of contact is not great.We inform our partners about the  situation, quite promptly, regardless of whether the worker is a day  or not," he said.

Touching upon the possibility of the deployment of CSTO troops on the  border with Nakhijevan, so that the Organization is more acutely  aware of what is happening on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and  possible challenges, Balayan expressed the belief that the Armenian  Armed Forces do not need help on the Nakhijevan section of the state  border to monitor the operational situation. "This site has full  control over the situation, and we do not need the deployment of the  armed forces of another state, so that they feel all the threat that  comes." The responsibility for protecting our state border is vested  in the Armenian Armed Forces, and as the processes on the state  border in the last two days, we confidently and efficiently carry out  the assigned duty, "he said.

Once again, referring to the unannounced exercises periodically held  by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the representative of the Armenian  Foreign Ministry noted that there are venues on which Armenia voices  the existing problems, and one of such sites is the OSCE. However, he  regretted the fact that those documents, where it is written about  the need for timely warning of ongoing exercises, do not specify the  mechanisms of punishment in case of their non-fulfillment or  violation. "We can only voice the problem, which we have been doing  for many years, since Azerbaijan has already become accustomed to  conducting exercises without informing them, and I believe that this  should already cause concern not only for Armenia but also for other  partners who assumed the same obligations, "Balayan said, expressing  the conviction that this is another manifestation of irresponsible  behavior of Azerbaijan as an international player, and assured that  Armenia will continue efforts to counteract these acts with new zeal.