The escalation of the tension on the Line of Contact is conditioned by the pressure the international community is putting on Azerbaijan, David Babayan, the NKR president's press secretary, has told ArmInfo.
According to him, the Azerbaijani authorities have been recently facing frequent urges to release the political prisoners.
Baku, he says, escalates the situation in the conflict zone to "compensate" the aforementioned actions, thus, Baku blackmails the international community. Azerbaijan is trying to distract the attention from its domestic problems by threatening to wage military actions in the conflict zone.
As for the inspections of Azeri Armed Forces' battle readiness, Babayan has said that the foe carries out such inspections all the time; therefore, there is nothing unusual about it.
"We keep an eye on the situation, our army is ready to prevent the foe's aggressive actions and take retaliatory measures if needed", Babayan added.