Armenia warns of more Azeri fake news

YEREVAN, AUGUST 19, ARMENPRESS. In an ongoing fake news campaign, the Azerbaijani authorities have again falsely accused the Armenian military of border shooting, the Armenian Defense Ministry has said.

“The statement disseminated by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan alleging that on August 18 at around 11:50 p.m. units of the Armenian Armed Forces fired against the Azerbaijani combat positions located in the eastern part of the border does not correspond to reality,” the Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

“It should be noted that the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia has proposed the establishment of a joint Armenia-Azerbaijan mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations and/or related cases,” it added.

Azerbaijan has been regularly falsely accusing Armenia of cross-border shootings. The Azeri defense ministry generated four fake news statements over the past four days.