UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s call to withdraw snipers from the line of contact of Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces caused verbal diarrhea of Eldar Sabiroglu, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry. The official instructed by the authorities to state an actual refusal of Azerbaijan to Sec. General, not having any clear arguments, confined himself in the habitual accusations against the Armenian side.

Branding withdrawal of snipers as a “trick” of Armenians, Sabiroglu evaded the question on Ban Ki-moon’s direct call and spoke of political aspect of the conflict settlement. As usual, all this was accompanied by a cynical attempt to shift the blame on the Armenian side, in particular for the recent escalation in the line of contact and frequent Azerbaijani acts of sabotage. “Let’s see whether by withdrawing the snipers the aggressor will give up its unfair claims, or release the Azerbaijani territories. This is the major problem. Suppose that this proposal is realized and snipers are withdrawn from the contact line. Does it mean that the shots from other weapons will not be heard? Within the past one month the Armenian servicemen have fired on the opposite positions of the contact line by machine and submachine guns, grenade throwers. These weapons were even used against the civilians. So, first of all Armenia must give up its aggressive policy and fulfill the resolutions and decisions of the UN and other international organizations,” APA news agency quotes Sabiroglu.