YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Defense Ministry has issued a statement in connection with the recent escalation in Karabakh conflict zone.
The statement said over two recent days the situation along the line of contact has deteriorated sharply. Azerbaijani Armed Forces do not stop the attempts of provocations and infiltration into Armenian territories.
Positions of Karabakh are fired from small arms and artillery: grenade launchers, mortars, anti-aircraft guns, thermobaric grenades.
The shelling of border settlements has become frequent. Day by day the number of losses of the parties is increasing. Armenia’s Ministry of Defence declares that these actions of Azerbaijani Armed Forces are entirely contrary to the spirit and logic of talks held under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group and are fraught with a real threat of large-scale hostilities.
Armenia’s Defense Ministry calls on the Azerbaijani side to refrain from taking steps for further aggravation of the situation, and to make efforts to stabilize the situation in Karabakh-Azerbaijani contact line.
In case Azerbaijan continues actions aimed at escalating the situation, the Armenian armed forces will be forced to tighten sanctions against illogical and senseless revenge attempts by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry leadership.