The Armenian side is fully controlling the situation in the area of Karabakh conflict. This has been stated by Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense of Armenia, in his interview to the journalists on July 24 2015 commenting the escalations on the line of contact of Karabakh - Azerbaijan forces and on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. "There is certain tension. The number of shootings has increased towards the Armenian positions. The enemy is engaging the fire not only towards Artsakh but towards near-border Armenian territories as well. During the last days the enemy used 60mm and 82mm mortar guns. However, the situation is under the full control of the Armenian side", said the Minister of Defense of Armenia.
According to him, the martial spirit and moral preparation allows the Armenian militaries to decently fulfil the tasks set. "If I would apply to the Armenian Nation I would have said one thing - do not ever doubt, the Armenian Army have always been and will keep on fulfilling its task on defense and assurance of security of its Nation and the Land", mentioned the Head of the Defense Institution. Commenting the reasons of increase of the tension Ohanyan mentioned that it is related to various regional and International processes, as well as internal political and economic processes of the enemy. To note: the situation in the area of Karabakh conflict deteriorated for already several days. Number of Experts are linking this with the visits of the Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group and Donald Tusk, the President of the European Union of the region.