Armenian PM: Turkey`s incitement to destabilize regional stability  causes concern

ArmInfo.The actions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in an attempt to capture the Armenian strongholds located in the direction of the Movses community of the Tavush region of Armenia are worthy of condemnation. Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this on July 13 during an  extraordinary meeting of the RA government.

He noted that this morning the provocations in this direction of the  Armenian-Azerbaijani state border resumed and warned that the  military-political leadership of Azerbaijan would bear all  responsibility for the unpredictable destabilization of the situation  in the region.

"Turkey's incitement to destabilize regional stability, which is best  reflected in an official statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry,  in which Ankara expresses unconditional support for the actions of  the Azerbaijani side, has already become apparent and has become a  traditional anti-Armenian logic. This military incident has not  occurred in a vacuum At present, the Azerbaijani leadership is trying  to play this anti-Armenian card for reasons known to them, "the  Armenian Prime Minister said, not excluding the possibility that  these provocative actions of the enemy at the border aim to distract  from internal problems in the country and put them on the back burner  by the Azerbaijani leadership.

He also pointed out that during these actions the indifferent  attitude of the Azerbaijani leadership to the lives of their own  military personnel is evident, which is manifested in the fact that  they are sent to participate in unpromising actions. According to  him, this is also evidenced by the fact that Azerbaijan did not join  the UN Secretary General's call for a global ceasefire during the  coronavirus pandemic.  "It turns out that the more the epidemic  spreads in Azerbaijan, the more the socio-economic situation is  aggravating, the more anti-Armenian sentiments and militaristic  rhetoric among the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan are  aggravating. Instead of urging their own people to observe public  health security measures, the Azerbaijani leadership with  militaristic declarations of war, it's as if Armenianophobia is the  best method of combating coronavirus, "the prime minister said,  adding that not a single enemy provocation will remain unanswered and  in this context called on citizens to express unconditional support  for the Armenian Armed Forces who are steadfast in defending the  borders.  It should be noted that the day before, at around 12:30,  the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, for reasons unknown to the Armenian  side, attempted to violate the state border of the Republic of  Armenia in the Tavush direction by UAZ car. After warning the  Armenian side, leaving the UAZ car, the enemy troops returned to  their positions. At 13:45, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, using  artillery fire, tried to capture the Armenian stronghold, but were  thrown back by the fire, incurring loss of manpower. There are no  losses from the Armenian side.

Toward evening, the enemy resumed shelling of Armenian positions, in  the direction of a strong point that had not previously been  captured. All night the Azerbaijani Armed Forces subjected to  intensive firing of 82 mm mortars and tanks from the aforementioned  strong point.

As it became known, in the morning, after two or three hours of calm,  the enemy resumed provocative actions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani  state border in the Tavush direction, and continued shelling of  Armenian positions.

The Armenian side warned the enemy that all responsibility for  further aggravation of the situation would fall on the  military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.

According to the official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the  Republic of Azerbaijan, during the incident yesterday, three  servicemen of the Azerbaijani army were killed and four were injured.   It is also worth noting that in connection with this situation with  the statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. The  Foreign Ministry indicated that Armenia's "provocation" aims to  divert attention international community from the fact of continuing  throughout many years of illegal "occupation by Armenia, which is the  Azerbaijani land of Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent territories of  Azerbaijan." "Turkey will continue to support Azerbaijan in its  struggle to maintain its territorial integrity," the statement said.