DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
March 7, 2008 Friday

DEFENSE MINISTRY OF ARMENIA DENIES DEATH OF 12 ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN IN
NAGORNO-KARABAKH

The Defense Ministry of Armenia denies reports saying that 12
Armenian servicemen died as a result of a shooting clash in
Nagorno-Karabakh on March 4. The press service of the Armenian
Defense Ministry points out that this information is at odds with
facts. According to the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan, the Armenian
party had 12 servicemen killed and 15 servicemen heavily wounded.
Three Azerbaijani servicemen were killed and one was wounded. Senor
Asratyan, director of the press service of the army of
Nagorno-Karabakh, said that situation near Levonarkh village where
the Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijani forces had a battle on March
4 could be characterized as "a relative calm."

Source: Kavkazsky Uzel, March 05, 2008