The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has reacted to the escalation of the situation on the line of contact with Nagorno-Karabakh, blaming Armenia.

In response to a statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Baku claims that Yerevan is trying to "mislead the international community." Nevertheless, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry did not dare to deny the provocative actions of its own army.  "According to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, the positions and deployment points in the region are being specified," the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry repeated.

As for the gas supply interrupted since March 8, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry explained it by "technical problems" caused by "difficult weather conditions," and again accused Armenia of seeking to "use the situation as an instrument of political manipulation." It turns out that two and a half weeks is not enough for Azerbaijan to fix the pipeline, especially considering that no one asked it to be fixed, it was enough to let the Armenian repair team do it.

In conclusion, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry states that "for the moment the only way to ensure peace and stability in the region is the full implementation of the provisions of the signed joint statements, including the complete withdrawal of the remnants of the Armenian illegal formations from the region and the normalization of relations on the basis of international legal principles."

There is not and never was an Armenian army in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the maximum we can speak about is the Defense Army, in which Artsakh residents serve. By demanding the withdrawal of "Armenian illegal formations," Azerbaijan confirms its policy of ethnic cleansing. At the same time, Azerbaijan constantly grossly violates the first provision of the trilateral statement, to which it constantly refers itself - the parties stop at the positions they occupy.