The Azerbaijani side has chosen a tactic to gradually and intentionally escalate the situation in the frontline: NKR Defense Army

The information spread by the Azerbaijani side which said the Armenian side fired 60mm mortars at the frontline, doesn’t correspond to reality, press service of the NKR Defense Ministry informed. The Ministry issued the following announcement:

“Judging from the recent developments taking place in the Nagorno KarabakhAzerbaijan line of contact, there is such an impression that the Azerbaijani side has chosen a tactic to gradually and intentionally escalate the situation in the frontline. The evidence of these are the increase of the number of ceasefire violation cases, as well as the qualitative features of weapons used by them.

It is important to state that the Azerbaijani side, which unleashed the April four-day war, and then to avoid the imminent defeat had to reaffirm the 1994 trilateral ceasefire agreement upon its request and through the mediation of the third side, again takes provocative actions not only in the line of contact, but also in the field of propaganda.

In recent days the Azerbaijani side fired various caliber weapons, including DShK heavy machine gun, Black Arrow and Istiglal long-range anti-materiel rifles, and AGS-17 grenade launcher, today they spread an information that the Armenian side fired 60mm mortars in the frontline. The NKR Defense Ministry announces with full responsibility that the disinformation spread by the Azerbaijani side is nothing more than a simple propaganda trick aimed at destabilizing the situation”.