Saturday, February 25 2017 12:16

ArmInfo. The Armenian Defense Ministry urges the military- political leadership of Azerbaijan to abstain from actions aimed at further escalation of the situation on  the line of contact with Artsakh troops, Armenian Defense Ministry  Spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan says on his Facebook page.  

He notes that last night the adversary attempted on more attack on  the forward detachments of Artsakh Defense Army, but the latter made  the adversary retreat with losses. "Over the past few days the  military- political leadership of Azerbaijan has been introducing  tension in the situation on the frontline and disseminating false  reports. After suffering losses last night, the adversary is again  trying to mislead the international community and its own society by  reporting that the attack was allegedly initiated by the Armenian  side," he says.   

Hovhannisyan also notes that the Armenian side observes the ceasefire  and urges the Azeri side to abstain from actions aimed at further  escalation on the line of contact. "The Azeri military-political  leadership will be responsible for the escalation on the line of  contact," he stresses.  

To note, on Feb 25, at 3 am and 4 am, the armed forces of Azerbaijan  made an attempt to attack the southeastern (Martuni) and eastern  (Akna) sections of the line of contact with Artsakh troops, using  relevant special equipment for demining. The press office of the  Defense Army of Artsakh has told ArmInfo that due to the video  surveillance devices, the forward detachments of the Defense Army of  Artsakh fixed the adversary's actions in due time and made the  adversary retreat. The Azeri troops retreated, suffering losses.   Several bodies of the Azeri servicemen are in the neutral zone. The  Armenian side suffered no losses.   

At the same time, the relevant structures of the Defense Army of  Artsakh report that movement of military hardware and troops was  fixed in the eastern direction of the contact line. The Azeri Defense  Ministry has confirmed its losses.