Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s refusal to take part in the International Economic Forum following the Sargsyan-Medvedev-Aliyev meeting in Saint Petersburg was a specific way to express discontent with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Giro Manoyan, Head of the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) office, told NEWS.am, commenting on the Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment’s intrusion in Karabakh on June 18.

According to him, Azerbaijan’s act of sabotage was aimed to show that country is capable of such actions at any moment. The incident proves that the Azerbaijani President is not content with the results of the trilateral meeting in Russia, Manoyan said.

As to the international community’s possible response to the incident, Manoyan replied: “The international community should condemn Azerbaijan’s step,” Manoyan stressed.

On June 18, at 11:30 p.m. an Azerbaijani reconnaissance detachment intruded 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.