YEREVAN. – The report on the current situation in the direction of Nakhichevan shows why the foreign and defense ministers of Armenia visited that very sector.

Tigran Balayan, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, on Tuesday said the abovementioned at a briefing with reporters.

Balayan recalled that the Azerbaijani side is carrying out engineering work at the said sector, and this poses a danger to Armenian military positions.

“We have repeatedly alerted, including the mediators, that such actions strain the situation and can lead to deaths,” he noted.

The Armenian MFA spokesperson noted that the recent death of an Azerbaijani soldier could have been a result of abnormal relations, and not of exchange of fire—as Baku claims.

“At any rate, we will not allow to change the [military] positions at any sector,” stated Tigran Balayan. “Our partners are informed of Azerbaijan’s actions. Also, they have been informed that those actions can lead to a strain in tension.”

What is happening at the border between Armenia and Nakhichevan? Although Armenian official media emit little information, several bodies of information and media such as Razm.info say, supporting photographs after the attack Azeri who had killed two soldiers Armenians there few days near Yeraskh (border between Armenia and Nakhichevan), the Armenian army had advanced to Nakhichevan and took several strategic positions to better control the Azeri movements

Razm.info says Armenian army conquered more than one hundred square kilometers Nakhchivan to occupy positions that allow them to better control the situation on a hilly and mountainous terrain. The Armenian reaction after the bloody attack Azeri would have been a surprise to them. Armenians having control of the situation, their shots if necessary, up to a radius of 25-30 km Nakhichevan.

Recall that the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic is an Armenian territory, which was annexed to Azerbaijan in 1921 by Soviet and emptied of its Armenian population in the 20th century.

Krikor Amirzayan

Armenia MFA: We will not allow change in military positions at Azerbaijan border

Armenian troops have taken control of several positions in Nakhichevan