Monday, July 13 2020 15:47

ArmInfo.As a result of the enemy's provocative actions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, two policemen, who were on duty at the front line, received minor injuries. Press secretary of the RA Ministry of Defense Shushan  Stepanyan said this on her Facebook page.

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.