ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DOES NOT COMMENT ON TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY STATEMENT ON ALLEGED SKIRMISH IN DIRECTION OF AGHDAM

ArmInfo
2009-09-11 13:28:00

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry does not comment on the Turkish
Foreign Ministry’s statement on alleged skirmish in direction of
Aghdam and death of five Armenian soldiers. Anatolian agency quotes
Turkish Foreign Ministry representative Burak Ozurgergin as saying:
"We are concerned about the occurrence of such incidents in days when
we are trying to ensure peace, stability and welfare in the Caucasus."

By unofficial data of the Azerbaijani press, the skirmish allegedly
took place approximately at 9:23am in the direction of Aghdam. Besides
the "killed" and "wounded" on the Armenian party, the Azerbaijani
party reports on wounding a Parviz Usubovm a soldier of the Azerbaijan
Armed Forces.

The NKR Defense Ministry Spokesman, Lt. Colonel Senor Asratyan told
ArmInfo called the above reports by Azerbaijani media misinformation
and provocation. The NKR Defense Ministry is devoted to ceasefire
regime, S.

Asratyan said. He also added that no emergency situations were
registered overnight either in direction of Aghdam or in any other
directions. He said that the reports by Azerbaijani media probably
aimed to lay the guilt for wounding of an Azerbaijani soldier in the
Azerbaijani army on the Armenian party.

Later today Armenian Defense Ministry made a statement the Azerbaijani
party presents the picture of a solider killed in the last year’s
Russian- Georgian war as the picture of the solider "killed"
on Thursday.