YEREVAN, JULY 13, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s Armed Forces fully control the situation in the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, Defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan said on Facebook, adding that the Armenian side suffered no losses in the operations unleashed by Azerbaijan in the direction of Tavush province.

“The situation in the border is regularly escalated by Azerbaijan, at the moment the shelling and the frequency of the use of UAV have decreased. The Armenian Armed Forces fully control the situation. The Armenian side has no losses”, she said.

On July 12, at about 12:30, the armed forces of Azerbaijan attempted to violate the state border of Armenia in an UAZ vehicle in the direction of Tavush province. Following the warning of the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani armed forces left the vehicle and returned to their position. At about 13:45, the Azerbaijani forces made a second attempt to capture the Armenian border post, using artillery fire, but were pushed back, suffering losses.

The Azerbaijani defense ministry reported that four soldiers have died in the incident.

Later that day Armenian defense minister’s spokesperson Shushan Stepanyan announced that the Azerbaijani side restarted shelling the same Armenian position, using 82 mm mortars and a tank.

On July 13 Shushan Stepanyan announced that the Azerbaijani side has again resumed shelling the Armenian positions.

No casualties were reported from the Armenian side. Only two police officers, who were on a combat duty in the border, were slightly injured from the Azerbaijani operations.

Editing and Translating by Aneta Harutyunyan