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YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday that the situation in the Tegh village section since March 31, which was caused parallel with the deployment of Armenian and Azerbaijani border guards, requires a thorough investigation.

“Regarding the situation in the section of Tegh village since March 31, I think the situation requires a thorough investigation, including in terms of assessing our actions regarding taking the mentioned part of the state border under protection from the beginning,” the PM said.

PM Pashinyan described Azerbaijan’s action in the area as “provocative” and said that Azerbaijan contradicts the 6 October 2022 Prague and 31 October 2022 Sochi statements.

Misinterpretations of maps used in deployment of border guards from both sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border in the Tegh-Kornidzor section resulted in Azerbaijani authorities taking positions and conducting engineering works without awaiting the pre-planned adjustments. The Azerbaijani side took positions ranging from 100 to 300 meters deep into Armenian territory in five different locations. An agreement was reached for cartographers to clarify the positions. However, on April 11, Azerbaijani troops ambushed Armenian units near the village of Tegh in an unprovoked attack. Four Armenian troops were killed and six wounded.