Azerbaijan again falsely accuses Armenia of border shooting

The Azerbaijani authorities have again falsely accused the Armenian military of opening fire across the border.

In a statement, the Armenian Defense Ministry said the Azeri statement on border shooting “does not correspond to reality.”

“The statement issued by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, alleging that units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire on Azerbaijani combat positions in the eastern and southeastern sectors of the border between 5:00 p.m. on March 31 and 4:45 a.m. on April 1, does not correspond to reality. It is important to note 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 related reports. However, Azerbaijan has yet to respond to this initiative. The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Armenia reaffirms that, in accordance with the position of the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, it stands ready to investigate the facts supporting the statement issued by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, should they be provided to the Republic of Armenia,” the Armenian Ministry of Defense said.

 

In mid-March, days after Armenia and Azerbaijan announced that the negotiations around the peace treaty terms had been successfully concluded, the Azerbaijani government started a massive disinformation campaign falsely accusing Armenia of firing at its military positions across the border. The accusations have been numerously denied by the Armenian military. Furthermore, the Azerbaijani authorities refused to provide any evidence in support of their accusations.