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YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. The risk of a military escalation in South Caucasus is always present, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan said Monday.

Sargsyan said that Azerbaijan has amassed troops and military equipment along the border with Armenia. He said that even videos posted only clearly show the Azeri military amassing artillery and other kind of weapons.

“This has been reported. I wouldn’t want to speak about this again. I’d only urge you to follow our reports, we regularly issue information. Within its jurisdiction, the Defense Ministry is naturally taking steps in terms of not destabilizing the situation in the region and not having any negative impact on the general situation. Our region is such that there’s always a risk of escalation, but we, as a state, must take steps in order for this not to turn into escalation or overall major military actions,” Sargsyan told reporters.