“Azerbaijanian armed forces continue attempts to penetrate into the positions of Armenian forces and to carry out diversions, as well as continue shooting the positions of the Armenian forces an the opening gunfire on the civilians,” Seyran Ohanyan the RA Minister of Defense informed during the meeting with the journalists.
He noted with regret that the Armenian armed forces have had a loss in result of these actions as well. “Please believe that every soldier in our Army is our son and our younger brother. And in this difficult time we need your support and compassion and especially the support of the public,” he said.
According to the information of the Minister, during the last days our divisions prevented over 20 diversions, which obviously were attempted by the trained forces of the enemy. “I do not just record the facts, but I present the operations of our commanders and soldiers, and you all have been the witnesses of these events. At the same time we cannot disclose under the pressure of the public on the assumption of security issues all military secrets and the implemented prevention measures which we implement in the framework of preventive measures under the pressure of the public on the assumption of security issues.”
The Minister assured that there are many facts that are not entirely clear, but will be clarified and will be made public soon.
Seyran Ohanyan spoke about the perished soldiers and mentioned that we have not lost tjem but rather have found, “Their names must be heard everywhere. We have found our heroes, who prevented our merits of Armenians. And thanks to their service we did not draw back from our positions.”
The situation on the border bothered the international community as well. The US Department of State, the Minsk Group’s Co-Chairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Secretary-General of the United Nations have made statements.
According to official data, in the last few days the Armenian side had suffered 6 losses and the Azerbaijanian side had suffered 8 times.
The complete article in Armenian is available here.
Arev Avagyan
