Stepanakert denies Baku claims about shooting in conflict zone

Interfax, Russia
Feb 19 2010

Stepanakert denies Baku claims about shooting in conflict zone

YEREVAN Feb 19

The Defense Ministry of the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has
said that allegations by the Azeri Defense Ministry concerning the
deaths of 3 Azeri soldiers by Armenian forces are not true.

"The Azeri reports about the alleged shooting and deaths of Azeri
soldiers are not true. The Nagorno-Karabakh defense army is honoring
the ceasefire," Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Senor
Asratian told Interfax.

Three Azeri army servicemen were killed and another wounded as a
result of fire opened by Armenian forces, the Azeri Defense Ministry
said earlier on Friday.