EU calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop armed confrontations and   undertake measures to prevent further escalation 

ArmInfo. The European Union calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop armed confrontations and take measures to prevent further escalation. This is stated in a statement by the press service of the European External Action Service - EEAS.  

"Armenia Azerbaijan: EU calls on both sides to stop armed  confrontations at the borders, refrain from actions and rhetoric that  provoke tension and undertake immediate measures to prevent further  escalation," the statement notes.

To note, yesterday at about around 12:30 pm, 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 the Armenian side warned them, the  enemy troops left the "UAZ" car, returned to their positions.  At  1:45 pm, 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.  At the 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 fired  intensively using 82 mm mortars and tanks at 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 17 killed Azerbaijani soldiers. 

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  holding of the emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council on  July 13. 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 statement was made by the 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," Cavusoglu said.