On 28 July, the head of the General Department of Defense Policy and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense Levon Ayvazyan received the military attachés of the foreign embassies accredited in Armenia. The mmeting took place in the administrative complex of the RA Ministry of Defense.

The Ministry of Defense reported.

During the meeting, the attachés were informed about the military operations carried out by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in the direction of Verin Shorzha on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border since the early morning of 28 July. The military attachés were informed that in order to improve the position and create favorable conditions for further possible advancement, the Azeri units attacked the Armenian dominant base with mortars, grenade launchers and large-caliber firearms, temporarily capturing it. As a result of the retaliatory actions of the RA Armed Forces subdivisions, suffering numerous losses, the enemy was thrown back to the original positions. L. Ayvazyan noted that the subdivisions of the RA Armed Forces fulfill the combat tasks set before them, taking all the necessary measures to restrain or counteract the enemy.

The attention of the military attachés was drawn to the fact that since the trilateral statement of 9 November, 2020, the largest provocation by the enemy with the use of weapons took place in the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, posing an immediate threat to the civilian population of nearby settlements.

It was stated that being faithful to the fulfillment of the obligations stipulated by the provisions of the 9 November, 2020 statement, the position of the Armenian side remains clear and unchanged: the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces must be withdrawn from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.

It was noted that the Azerbaijani side bears all the responsibility for the aggravation of the situation and further destabilization.

RA Deputy Human Rights Defender Artyom Sedrakyan took part in the meeting as well. The situation with regard to human rights violations following the provocation by the Azerbaijani side was presented.