ArmInfo. We are deeply concerned about the ongoing tensions along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is stated in a statement by Wendy Morton, Secretary of State for the European Neighborhood and America of the British Foreign Office.
''Deeply concerned by ongoing tensions along the Armenia/Azerbaijan border. The UK urges both sides to remove troops immediately, avoid escalatory actions and the laying of new mines, and engage in constructive negotiations on the demarcation of the border without preconditions'', Morton wrote in her twitter.
It is not clear what kind of withdrawal of troops by both sides Morton is talking about in this situation, because the Armed Forces of Armenia are located on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, they have not moved anywhere in order to retreat now. In Great Britain, which always takes a one-sided position, including on the Karabakh settlement, due to the presence of direct interests in Azerbaijan, they apparently forgot that it was the Azerbaijani Armed Forces that illegally invaded the territory of the Republic of Armenia and for the third week they have been terrorizing the border population against the background of the tacit encouragement of the international community of such a behavior of the Aliyev regime.
To note, on May 12 and 13, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces illegally entered the territory of the Republic of Armenia in the direction of Syunik and Gegharkunik, advanced 3.5 km and 2 km inland, respectively, deployed their units and refuse to leave the territory. In connection with the current situation, Armenia turned to the CSTO to assist in finding a solution to this issue. The question still remains unresolved. According to some estimates, more than 600 Azerbaijani military forces were stationed in the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia. On May 23, the RA Ministry of Defense reported that the Azerbaijani side withdrew a part of its military from the territory of Armenia. On May 25, as a result of the shooting of the open armed forces of Azerbaijan on the territory of Armenia, an Armenian contract soldier was killed.
On the morning of May 27, at the border section of the Gegharkunik region of the Republic of Armenia, while carrying out engineering work on the territory of the N military unit of the Armed Forces of Armenia, six servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan were surrounded and taken prisoner by the servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. After that, acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, as a way out of the current situation, suggested sending observers from Russia, the United States or France (the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group) to the border between the countries.