On August 15, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Azercosmos OJSC issued a joint statement regarding our "illegal" activities in the so-called occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Artak Zakaryan, former Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia, noted this in a Facebook post.

"The official statement made on the space surveying and data on the territory of the Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] Republic proves that Azerbaijan will henceforth extensively use the mechanism of space survey to expand its anti-Armenian information-propaganda arena and get a new, false image of 'authenticity.'

I believe it is the right time for Armenia to raise the issue of a joint orbital survey—under the auspices of the OSCE MG [Minsk Group] Co-Chairing countries [Russia, US, and France]—of the Karabakh conflict area.

Azerbaijan distorts the essence of the conflict by already publishing now data from the space survey, and by disseminating false information, it can lead the conflict zone to a dangerous escalation [of tension].

Therefore, reality-recording monitoring and alternative data of orbital survey are needed," Zakaryan added, in particular.