YEREVAN, February 15. /Then24/. Baku’s statement that the Armenian Armed Forces fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the northeastern and eastern directions of the border does not correspond to reality. This was reported on Tuesday in a press release from the Armenian military department.
“The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has again spread disinformation, claiming that on February 14 and 15, units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire on Azerbaijani military positions located in the northeastern and eastern parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is relatively stable and is under full control of the Armed Forces of Armenia,” the report says.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported on the shelling of the positions of the armed forces of the republic on the border of the two countries from the territory of Armenia. According to the ministry, on the night of February 15, the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces came under fire from the territory of the adjacent Tovuz region.
On November 16, 2021, intense fighting took place between the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the border regions of the Syunik region of Armenia. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military launched an offensive deep into the territory of Armenia. The state highway connecting the capital of the republic with the southern regions of the country and Iran was under threat. Baku blamed Armenia for what happened, accusing the Armenian armed forces of provocation. According to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, the Armenian servicemen attacked the posts of the Azerbaijani military.
In connection with these events, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu alternately held telephone conversations with colleagues from Armenia and Azerbaijan. The press service of the Russian defense ministry reported that after that, the heads of the Azerbaijani and Armenian defense ministries took measures to stabilize the situation on the border, the situation returned to normal. However, the parties periodically report incidents in this direction of the state border. The latest incident occurred on January 11 this year. Then one Azerbaijani soldier died. The Armenian side also suffered losses.