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YEREVAN. – The tension of the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border is due to several reasons, military analyst Arkadi Grigoryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am

First, as per Grigoryan, the Azerbaijani authorities are attempting to distract their public’s attention from the fraud during, and the related criticisms concerning, the recent presidential elections in that country.   

The second reason may be related to the changing of Azerbaijan’s defense minister. In other words, the current tension is unique evidence that the new minister is “within the topic.”   

And the third reason, according to the military analyst, is linked to the OSCE Minsk Group US co-chair’s recent visit to Azerbaijan.  

“[The border tension] can be viewed as a reminder to the West that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is not that simple, and [official] Baku may be demonstrating that it does not agree to some proposals. The Azerbaijanis have their own methods of expressing their disagreement,” Arkadi Grigoryan stressed. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Azerbaijan opened fire, on Tuesday at around 1pm-2pm, on the vehicles traveling along the Berd-Ijevan motorway in Armenia’s Tavush Region. Those in civilian and military vehicles, alike, suffered from the shots. As a result of the shots fired upon a military motorcade, conscript, Private Garik Poghosyan (born in 1994) died, informed the Armenian MOD press service. In addition, conscripts, Privates Artur Andranikyan (born in 1994), Arayik Zhamharyan (born in 1994), and Martin Petrosyan (born in 1994) sustained varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The office of Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, was informed of this incident.

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