ARMENIA DEFENSE MINISTRY REPORTS SHELLING FROM AZERBAIJAN
ITAR-TASS, Russia
March 7 2006
YEREVAN, March 7 (Itar-Tass) – The Armenian Defense Ministry has
reported the shelling of border army units from Azerbaijan on Monday
and overnight to Tuesday.
According to the spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry, Colonel
Seiran Shakhsuvaryan, the Armenian side had not retaliated with fire.
He said positions in three regions had come under fire.
Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisyan believes there is “no particular
aggravation of the situation on the border”. The minister, who is also
secretary of the National Security Council, told Russian reporters here
that following the signing of an agreement on ceasefire 12 years ago,
it has been violated on a monthly or weekly basis.
Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday the
shelling of the Azerbaijani western Kazakhsky region from the side of
Armenia. Ministry spokesman Ilgar Verdiyev said national army positions
had been shelled twice from Armenia. He said Azerbaijani positions
had been shelled from sub-machine guns and machine guns. He said
there had been no losses among Azerbaijani military. No retaliatory
fire followed, he added.