Nagornyy Karabakh Republic (NKR) blames Azerbaijan for violating truce

Mediamax news agency
16 Mar 05

YEREVAN

The press service of the Defence Ministry of the Nagornyy Karabakh
Republic (NKR) has totally denied yesterday’s statement by the
Azerbaijani Defence Ministry that the Karabakh forces fired at the
Azerbaijani positions in Agdam District.

“This obvious misinformation disseminated by Azerbaijan aims to turn
everything upside down and blame Nagornyy Karabakh for the violation
of the cease-fire,” a source at the NKR Defence Ministry told
Mediamax. The source said that Azerbaijan is responsible for the 7 and
9 March shootouts on the contact line, in which both sides sustained
casualties.

“The Azerbaijani side regularly breaches the cease-fire along the
entire contact line, moving its posts closer to the forward defence
lines of the NKR defence army and provoking shootings,” the source
said.