ArmInfo. Iran expressed regret for the confrontation between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the deaths of Azerbaijani servicemen. Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Musevi said this at a press conference today.
According to him, Iran calls on the sides to show restraint and resolve all issues, including the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, through negotiations.
"Iran has repeatedly expressed and this time expresses its readiness to mediate in a peaceful settlement of the conflict," Musevi said, adding that efforts are being made to find bilateral mechanisms and continue cooperation with neighboring countries, APA reports.
It should be noted that the day before at around 12:30am, 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 1:45 am, 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 at 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 an 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. But, the media is already circulating information about the fourth dead. Due to the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, caused by the events of July 12 this year by clashes in the Tavush direction, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas initiated the holding of July 13 this year emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council. This is stated in the message of the CSTO press service.
It is also worth noting that in this situation, the Turkish side took an active position, expressing unconditional support for Baku, which were reflected in two statements by the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Moreover, the second one said by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the air of TRT Haber. He noted that Turkey, using all the opportunities, will support Azerbaijan. "Let Armenia come to its sense," Chavushoglu said.