YEREVAN. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Defense Army serviceman Andranik Grigoryan, who had crossed over to the adversary, told the Azerbaijani media what he was instructed to say. 

Karabakh War hero, Major General Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan, said the aforementioned at a press conference on Tuesday, as he commented on the respective footage which the Azerbaijani side had released.

In his view, this Azerbaijani practice is nothing new.

“I’m confident that the [NKR] Defense Army report [on this matter] is true,” Ter-Tadevosyan stated. “As for the footage, there is nothing surprising [in it], since the same Azerbaijan does not report its [military] death toll, [and] always reports false information.” 

NKR Defense Army conscript, Private Andranik Grigoryan (born in 1991), had crossed over to the adversary’s side on March 22, leaving weapons and ammunition on the line of duty. A criminal case is opened on this incident.  

On the next day, Azerbaijani websites released footage of Grigoryan’s “crossing over” and subsequent interview. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army, however, released a statement noting that the said footage was fully staged.