ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in connection with the murder of an Armenian serviceman by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry reminded that recently Azerbaijan regularly fires the Armenian- Azerbaijani state border, turning it into a target and causing damage to populated areas, civil institutions and civilians along the whole line of the state border. "Today, as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Armenia, private Haykaz Matevosyan was killed. We express our deepest condolences to the family, relatives and colleagues of the deceased, and we assure that we will continue to work resolutely towards the establishment of peace. Such actions by the Azerbaijani side aimed at escalating the situation, as well as militant rhetoric from Baku, undermine the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the international community aimed at creating an atmosphere conducive to peace.
Strongly condemning the actions of Azerbaijan, we draw the attention of the international community and first of all the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to the immediate need to curb Baku and return it constructively in order to prevent further escalation of the situation, "the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Tigran Balayan, said in a statement. ArmInfo.