On 13 September, RA Defense Minister Suren Papikyan had a telephone conversation with RF Defense Minister, Army General Sergey Shoigu.

The head of the Defense Department of Armenia presented to his Russian counterpart the situation created as a result of the large-scale aggression of Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Suren Papikyan and Sergey Shoigu agreed to take necessary steps to stabilize the situation.

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The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia informs that on 13 September, around 00:05, units of the Azerbaijani armed forces, using artillery, mortars and UAVs, opened intense fire at the Armenian positions located in several parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border at the same time.

In particular, the positions located in the direction of Sotk, Vardenis, Goris, Kapan, Artanish and Ishkhanasar were shelled. Civilian infrastructures are also being attacked.