The United States expresses serious concern about the movement of Azerbaijani troops in Nagorno-Karabakh, considers these and other escalation measures irresponsible and provocative. Jalina Porter, the Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State stated on Friday at a briefing for journalists. TASS News Agency reports.

“The United States is deeply concerned about the movement of Azerbaijani troops. The movement of troops and other escalation measures are irresponsible and create an unnecessary provocation,” she said.

“We are closely monitoring the situation along the line of contact,” Porter said. “Armenia and Azerbaijan need to use direct channels of communication to immediately de-escalate,” the Principal Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State Press Service added.

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It should be reminded that on 24 March, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, grossly violating the requirements of the trilateral statement of 10 November, 2020, invaded the area of responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Artsakh Republic, took control of the village of Parukh in the Askeran region and adjacent positions, and then tried to then tried to advance on the eastern border of the Artsakh Republic..

The negotiations between the Russian peacekeeping troops and the relevant bodies of Artsakh for hours did not yield significant results, the enemy did not return to the starting positions.

On the night of 25 March, Azeri units opened fire on the units of the Defense Army, using both different caliber firearms as we; as a strike UAV. As a result of the skirmish, at least 5 servicemen of the enemy were killed. There are 5 wounded from the Armenian side.

Since the afternoon of 25 March, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, continuing the gross violations of the ceasefire, in addition to firearms, have been using strike drones, including the “Bayraktar TB-2” type. The Armenian side has wounded and suffered 3 casualties as a result of the UAV strikes.