The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin held an operative meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council, discussing, among other issues, the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. As reports “Armenpress”, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov informed the journalists about this.
“During the meeting, the participants discussed current issues related to the socio-economic development of Russia. In addition, they touched upon current issues on the international agenda, including the situation in Afghanistan, as well as on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border,” Peskov said.
On 28 July, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched an offensive attack on the border of the Republic of Armenia, from Sotk to Verin Shorzha. According to the RA Ministry of Defense, as a result of the provocation carried out by the Azerbaijani side, the Armenian side has 3 victims and 4 wounded.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that on 28 July, at around 3:40 am, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces attacked the Armenian positions located in the north-eastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
At 08:20, the Ministry of Defense announced that military operations had been launched in the area from Sotk to Verin Shorzha, and an intensive shootout was underway.
As of 07:30, we have two wounded; the information about five servicemen is being clarified.
As of 08:30, the Armenian side has three victims, two servicemen are wounded.
As of 09:20, giving losses, they were thrown back to their original positions. The shootout continues.
As of 11:40 a.m., the Ministry of Defense informed that an agreement had been reached through the mediation of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces Command on the restoration of the ceasefire regime on the Armenian-Azerbaijani line of contact in the north-eastern direction.
At the moment, the mentioned agreement is mainly being fulfilled. No change of line of contact took place, border situation is under the control of the RA Armed Forces units.
The RA Ministry of Defense stated that the entire responsibility for the aggravation of the situation falls on the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.
