YEREVAN. – The Azerbaijani armed forces opened intense fire at Berd-Ijevan motorway in Armenia’s Tavush Region; this is Azerbaijan’s another dastardly provocation that will receive an appropriate response.

Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan stated the aforementioned in the parliament on Wednesday, and in response to the question posed by opposition Heritage Party National Assembly Faction Secretary Tevan Poghosyan.

“This is the Azerbaijani authorities’ attempt to distract the country’s citizens’ attention during the post-election period, so that the population would not focus on the results of the [recent] presidential elections [in Azerbaijan]. Such actions will not go unanswered,” the Armenian PM added.        

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the adversary 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.