Armenia warns Azerbaijan that self-deception is not the best way to work, Artsrun Hovhannissyan, Spokesperson of Armenia's Defense Ministry, told ArmInfo when commenting of Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov's order to destroy Armenian Armed Forces by any methods.
"Sometimes, Azerbaijan's statements come to sarcasm. What does it mean to destroy by all means? Do they have methods that are prohibited? We have been listening to their recurring statements for many years. The leadership changes, but the core of the statements, vocabulary and rhetoric remain unchanged. The training and morale of the Azerbaijani military remained unchanged either," Hovhannisyan said. He disclaimed also the Azerbaijani reports saying that they suffered no losses in the course of the skirmishes on August 22.
"On Azerbaijani forums, people share information on losses bringing specific figures and places. This is the reality. Meantime, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan as usually tries to conceal the truth," he said and disclaimed the Azerbaijani reports on the human losses on the Armenian party. Earlier, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Spokesman Vagif Dergahli said the defense minister ordered destroying the Armenian Armed Forces by all means, that is why, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched attacks on the Armenian positions on August 22.
He also said that three Azerbaijani militaries were killed in the ceasefire breeches.
However, the NKR Defense Army reported that 4 Azerbaijanis were killed and more than 15 were wounded in the ceasefire breeches on August 22.