YEREVAN, JULY 12, ARMENPRESS. The servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces made an attempt to violate the Armenian state border in an UAZ vehicle in the direction of Tavush Province on July 12 at about 12:30, ARMENPRESS reports spokesperson of the Defense Ministry of Armenia Shushan Stepanyan wrote on her Facebook page.

''After the warning by the Armenian side the Azerbaijani servicemen left their UAZ vehicle and returned to their positions. At 13:45 the Azerbaijani servicemen repeated the attempt to occupy the Armenian position by using artillery, but were silenced by the Armenian side. They suffered casualties and were repelled'', she wrote.

Stepanyan added that the Armenian side suffered no losses.

Reporting by Lilit Demuryan, Editing and Translating by Tigran Sirekanyan