David Babayan: Azerbaijan Escalates Border Situation to Divert Attention of its Own People

The regular ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan and its measures to escalate the situation on the front line are not conditioned by any strategy. Spokesperson of the President of the Artsakh Republic David Babayan told “Armenpress” about this, adding that the Azerbaijani authorities try to divert the attention of its own people by these actions.

“Due to serious economic problems even domestic clashes occurred in Azerbaijan. That demonstrates that the economic growth recorded in the recent years was just a “balloon”. By escalating the situation on the borders Azerbaijan proves that it is a conventional terrorist state with un-constructive stance. In addition, the adversary tries to calm down its rage resulted by the defeats on international arenas, including the PACE, when the report of British Robert Walter titled “Escalation of violence in Nagorno Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan” was rejected”, Babayan said, reminding that US Georgia state recognized Nagorno Karabakh by the 1580 resolution.

Referring to the possible visit of the OSCE Mink Group Co-chairs to the region, Babayan told that there is no such a visit scheduled for the near future.

On the contact line of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan opposing armies the rival fired more than 1200 shots from different caliber weapons at Armenian positions during the weekend. In addition, the adversary fired two mortar projectiles (60mm) in the southern direction of the contact line.

The Defense Army troops mostly refrained from response actions and confidently continued carrying out their military duty.