Azerbaijani Defense Ministry commented on reports of shootout on border with Armenia
The lack of a normal border between Armenia and Azerbaijan leads to frequent incidents and recriminations. All this does not contribute to the normalization of the situation and the normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku.
On June 5, 2021, the Armenian Ministry of Defense informed the public that a shootout took place between the Azerbaijani and Armenian military in the Gegharkunik region of the country.
The cattle of the shepherd of the village of Kut, Gegharkunik region, moved towards the Azerbaijani positions today. When the shepherd approached the Azerbaijani servicemen for his cattle, fire was opened in his direction. The Armenian military also went to the scene of the incident, in the direction of which fire was also opened.
- explained in the message of the Armenian military department.
The Armenian military specified that after the opening of fire in response, the Azerbaijanis stopped firing. There were no injured people as a result of the incident, and most of the cattle were returned to the controlled territory.
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan commented on the above statements of the Armenian side. Baku has completely denied information about a shootout at the border in the Kelbajar region of the country.
The situation on the border is calm. No fire violations were recorded. The message spread by the Ministry of Defense of Armenia is once again a provocation aimed at destabilizing the situation in the region.
- told the agency on the same day Interfax-Azerbaijan Colonel Vagif Dargahli, head of the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan.
For example, on May 27, the Azerbaijani side reported on detention six "Armenian saboteurs" in the Kelbajar region of Azerbaijan, who are suspected of attempting to mine the road. At the same time, they said from Yerevan that the Azerbaijanis had captured Armenian servicemen who were carrying out engineering work on the territory of the Gegharkunik region of Armenia.
Note that Russia has repeatedly called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to sit down at the negotiating table and resolve once and for all the existing controversial issues.
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