ArmInfo.The Russian Foreign Ministry presented the details of a telephone conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and counterparts from Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov.
Thus, the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in particular, states:
"Separate telephone conversations of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with Armenian Foreign Ministers Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov were held. The escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was discussed. Lavrov called on the parties to cease fire immediately, to exercise restraint in light of the commitments made, as well as proposals made by the representatives of Russia, the United States and France as co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.
It was emphasized that Russia will continue to fulfill its mediation mission in contacts with Baku and Yerevan, both in its national capacity and as part of the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. The Russian side also noted the importance of all members of the Minsk Group taking a responsible approach in assessing the current situation and avoiding statements and actions that could provoke an additional increase in tension. "
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. The Azerbaijani authorities are trying to shift the responsibility for the situation to the Armenian side, and baselessly accuse Yerevan of trying to involve a third party in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The AR Ministry of Defense also reports a violation of the ceasefire in the direction of Nakhichevan.
According to the latest data from the Armenian side, the Armenian Armed Forces have no casualties, however, two policemen and three military personnel were injured.
The situation is still tense, the enemy fired at the Chinari border community with mortar shells, there were no civilian casualties, but the building was damaged.
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.