PreferredRA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian responded to an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment’s intrusion into the NKR territory.
“After each high-level meeting Baku tries to fail negotiations by means of provocative statements and war threats. Likely, seeing they failed to do it, Azerbaijanis went further and resorted to obvious provocation immediately after the June 17 trilateral meeting. Hardly had the Azerbaijani leaders left the negotiating table when they organized provocation in Martakert region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, June 18-19 night. Treacherous attacks under cloud of night are a usual thing for Azerbaijan,” he said.
“There are killed and injured as a result of provocation. The Karabakh armed forces repulsed the attack. Obviously, the actions were preplanned. It once again shows Baku’s true face, they do their utmost to fail the negotiation process,” FM stated.
On June 18, at 11:30 p.m. an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment intruded into Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan, an NKR Defense Army operational report says.
The trespasser Azerbaijanis could intrude into the north-eastern section of the NKR-Azerbaijani contact line, killing 4 Armenian soldiers and wounding 4 others, the NKR Defense Army press service reports. The armed reconnaissance detachment encountered Armenian soldiers on duty. The Armenian side took retaliatory measures. The enemy retreated, leaving one soldier killed and ammunition.
