ArmInfo. I would like to touch on the situation on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border. Deputy Prime Minister and State of Emergency Commandant Tigran Avinyan stated this, during a special meeting in the Armenian parliament.
Avinyan said that starting from yesterday, Azerbaijan carries out sabotage and provocation on the border with Armenia. <We regard such behavior of Baku as an unacceptable adventure, especially given the coronavirus pandemic.
I want to confirm our official position that the AR authorities are entirely responsible for the losses of the Azerbaijani side, as well as for the possible aggravation of the situation in the region. The Armenian army carries out the tasks assigned to it, delivering a worthy retaliatory blow to the enemy's provocative actions>, the Deputy Prime Minister concluded.
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.
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. 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.