ArmInfo.Russia calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to show restraint. Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov considers the news about the escalation on the contact line alarming.
"Of course, the news from the contact line is alarming. We call on both sides for restraint, to avoid any actions that the other side may consider provocative," Peskov noted, commenting on the situation, Rent-TV reports.
Peskov emphasized that such incidents at least do not bring the signing of the peace agreement closer, nor do they contribute to the progress of the negotiation process. The Kremlin expressed hope that this process will continue anyway.
On the morning of February 13, the Armenian Ministry of Defense reported that the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire on Armenian combat positions on the border in the Nerkin Hand (Syunik region). According to the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, four servicemen were killed and one more was injured.
Azerbaijan not only does not deny the fact of aggression, but also cynically stated that they carried out a retaliation operation in response to a "provocation" by the Armenian military. At the same time, they added that as a result of these actions, the Armenian combat post was destroyed. It is noteworthy that all this is happening in the territories of Armenia, which were previously captured by the enemy side against the background of the international community's tacit encouragement of Azerbaijani aggression.