UN Secretary General calls on Yerevan and Baku to take immediate  steps to de-escalate the situation on the border

ArmInfo. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concern over reports of shooting, including the use of heavy weapons, along the border of the two countries, which led to the deaths. This was reported by the official  representative of the head of the world organization Stefan Dujarric.

At the same time, Guterrish called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to  immediately cease hostilities and take immediate steps to de-escalate  the situation, while refraining from provocative rhetoric. The  Secretary General expressed full support for the efforts of the OSCE  Minsk Group to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

On the afternoon of July 12, 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 using an  UAZ car.  After warning the Armenian side, leaving the UAZ car, the  enemy troops returned to their positions, and then using artillery  fire, they tried to capture the Armenian stronghold, but were thrown  back by the fire, incurring loss of manpower.

All night from July 12 to July 13 and all yesterday, the Azerbaijani  Armed Forces subjected to intensive firing of 82 mm mortars, tanks,  120 mm grenade launchers from the aforementioned strong point. Also  used shock drones.

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  AR, during the incident, four servicemen of the Azerbaijani army were  killed and several were injured. But, the media is already  circulating information about 17 dead from the Azerbaijani side. The  Azerbaijani authorities are trying to shift the responsibility for  the situation to the Armenian side, and baselessly accuse Yerevan of  trying to draw a third party into 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 enemy on the eve subjected to shelling the border communities of  Chinari and Aygepar, there were no casualties among the civilian  population, but the veins of the building were damaged. And today,  from shock drones, he attacked the civilian infrastructure of the  city of Berd.

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 came from the mouth of the Turkish Foreign  Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the air of TRT Haber. He noted that  Turkey, using all the opportunities, is located next to Azerbaijan.  "Let Armenia come to its senses," Cavusoglu said.