Just before the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting Azerbaijan has resorted to another provocation for the purpose of exacerbating the situation before the trilateral meeting, Tigran Balayan, Spokesman for the Armenian foreign office, stated as be commented on the murder of an Armenian soldier by an Azeri sniper.

On the threshold of the Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meeting on the initiative, and with participation, of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Azerbaijan resorted to a provocation instead of listening to the international community`s calls for withdrawing snipers from the line of contact, Balayan said.

"Azerbaijan`s behavior deserves the international community`s appraisal," he said.