Tuesday, July 14 2020 15:16

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the names of the dead soldiers in clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

According to APA, deputy defense minister, Lieutenant General Kerim  Veliyev told reporters that fierce fighting continued in the Tovuz  region on the night of July 13-14. Veliyev noted that during the  fighting, the Azerbaijani army suffered losses. "In the morning  during the battle, Major General Polad Gashimov and Colonel Ilgar  Mirzoev heroically died," Veliyev said.

The deaths of Major Akhmedov Namig Khazhan oglu, Major Novruzov Anar  Gulverdi oglu, Ensign Zeynalla Ilgar Ayaz oglu, Ensign Babayev Yashar  Vasif oglu, a soldier of long-term service, soldier Mustafazade  Elchin Arif oglu are also reported.

To note, on the afternoon of July 12, 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.