Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anna Naghdalyan expressed the position of the official Yerevan in connection with the latest aggravation on the border with Azerbaijan.

"The Azerbaijani leadership distortedly comments on the essence of the negotiation process. Amid recent tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, mutually exclusive statements made by Azerbaijani officials once again show that either Baku has lost a sense of reality, or we are dealing with uncoordinated activities of various circles of the Azerbaijani state apparatus," she added. "Thus, on July 12, in the Armenian Tavush province, Azerbaijani troops began a provocation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. This was followed by intense shootings of settlements and civilian infrastructures.

And arguments about whether a modern army would attack UAZ or not are inappropriate since the Azerbaijani army is difficult to consider modern."

According to her, the statements about the illegality of the actions of the Armenian side made in the official circles of Azerbaijan are equally unacceptable. 

"Armenia has defended and will continue to defend its protection and the security of its citizens in the most resolute manner," she added. "What is really worth thinking about in the context of lawlessness is Azerbaijan's threat to strike at the Metsamor nuclear power plant."

"Realizing the explosiveness of the situation, Azerbaijani officials began to compete with each other, claiming that the official statements of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry during the hostilities did not reflect the official position of Baku."

"I would like to stress once again what the Armenian side has repeatedly stated. Azerbaijan must immediately abandon the policy of using force or the threat of its use in any context. Attempts to speak to us from a position of strength work precisely against their initiators."

"We have repeatedly said and will continue to argue that risk mitigation mechanisms must be put in place to prevent cross-border incidents, including an increase in the number of international observers on the ground and their permanent deployment, as well as direct communication and implementation of mechanisms to investigate ceasefire violations.

Implementing these mechanisms can help prevent a further resurgence of tensions.

In this regard, Azerbaijan should return to a constructive field and take steps to introduce these mechanisms, the urgent need for which was emphasized amid this military escalation," Naghdalyan added.

"The co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group is the only format within which the process of peaceful settlement is going on, and there can be no changes in this format," she noted adding that the Azerbaijani leadership very distortedly represents the essence of the negotiation process, as well as the essence of the OSCE Minsk Group. 

"In their opinion, the essence of the negotiation process is to ensure the joining of Artsakh to Azerbaijan, and without taking into account the opinion of the people of Artsakh themselves. And since this does not happen, the Azerbaijani side expresses its dissatisfaction with the negotiation process and the work of the Minsk Group co-chairs," she added. "The peace settlement must be comprehensive and achieved through the direct involvement of all parties."