Five Armenians killed in truce violations in June-July – Azeri army
spokesman
Azerbaijani news agency APA, Baku
4 Aug 07
4 August: Azerbaijani soldiers killed five servicemen of the Armenian
armed forces by retaliatory fire as they violated the cease-fire regime
on the front line in June and July, the chief of the Defence Ministry’s
press service, Lt-Col Eldar Safarov [Sabiroglu], has told APA.
Safarov said that a great number of Armenian servicemen were wounded:
"The military-political leadership of Armenia is doing its best to
conceal these casualties from the public. It is undeniable that
Armenian citizens hate their leadership. The Armenian leadership
understands very well that the disclosure of these casualties would
irritate the country’s population and create a social explosion in the
country, the economy of which is in decline and which a great number of
people have left."
According to Safarov, the Armenian armed forces sustain casualties
every time they violate the cease-fire both in Karabakh and in other
directions of the front line: "There are no grounds to worry. We
respond to any provocative action of the opposite side."