Wednesday, July 28 2021 15:29

ArmInfo. The Azerbaijani side bears full responsibility for the aggravation of the situation on the border and further destabilization. This was stated by the head of  the Main Department of Defense Policy and International Cooperation  of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia Levon Ayvazyan during a meeting  with the military attaches of foreign embassies accredited in  Armenia.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense,  the attaches were informed about the military actions of the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the direction of the village of Verin  Shorzha on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the morning of July 28.  In particular, they were told that in order to improve their  positions and create favorable conditions for further advancement,  Azerbaijani units, using grenade launchers and other large-caliber  weapons, attacked the dominant Armenian stronghold, temporarily  capturing it. As a result of the retaliatory actions of the Armenian  Armed Forces, having suffered numerous losses, the enemy was thrown  back to its original positions.  According to Levon Ayvazyan, the  units of the Armenian Armed Forces carry out the combat missions  assigned to them, taking all the necessary measures to counter the  enemy.  At the same time, he drew the attention of the military  attaches to the fact that after the signing of the trilateral  statement of November 9, the largest provocation of the enemy took  place in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, which  poses an immediate threat to the civilian population of nearby  settlements.

"Remaining committed to the obligations enshrined in the trilateral  statement of November 9, the position of the Armenian side remains  clear and unchanged - the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces  should be withdrawn from the sovereign territory of Armenia," he  said.  According to the source, the meeting was attended by the  Deputy Human Rights Defender of Armenia Artyom Sedrakyan, who  presented to those present the situation in terms of human rights  violations as a result of the provocation of the Azerbaijani side.