Monday, July 13 2020 18:09

ArmInfo. The aggressive actions of Baku, on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, which are continuing today, once again demonstrate the belligerent mood of Azerbaijan. <My Step> faction member Ruben Rubinyan stated this during a special meeting from the rostrum of the parliament.

He noted that Armenia's relevant departments gave a clear and  comprehensive assessment of the actions of Azerbaijan, however, the  lawmaker decided to touch upon Turkey's reaction on this issue.

"The Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement in which it  expressed unconditional support to Azerbaijan, and, in fact,  supported the aggressive actions of Baku. This means that Turkey,  which considers itself one of the parties to the Karabakh conflict,  once again confirms that Ankara cannot play any international role  related to the Karabakh conflict>, Rubinyan emphasized.

Rubinyan also touched on an interview in the Turkish press, in which  the Turkish Foreign Ministry urges Armenia to wake up. <I want to  note that we should call on the Turkish authorities to come to their  senses, after which bring their Azerbaijani colleagues to reason. If  the latter do not stop carrying out illegal actions at the border,  they will quickly be reasoned by our armed forces. As yesterday's and  today's practice has shown our armed forces are very good at bringing  people into their senses, "Rubinyan concluded.

To note, yesterday at about around 12:30 pm, the Azerbaijani Armed  Forces, for reasons unknown to the Armenian side, attempted to  violate the state border of the Republic of Armenia in the Tavush  direction by <UAZ> car. After the Armenian side warned them, the  enemy troops left the "UAZ" car, returned to their positions.  At  1:45 pm, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, using artillery fire, tried to  capture the Armenian stronghold, but were thrown back by the fire,  incurring loss of manpower. There are no losses from the Armenian  side.  At the evening, the enemy resumed shelling of Armenian  positions, in the direction of a strong point that had not previously  been captured. All night the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired  intensively using 82 mm mortars and tanks at the aforementioned  strong point.  As it became known, in the morning, after two or three  hours of calm, the enemy resumed provocative actions at the Armenian-  Azerbaijani state border in the Tavush direction, and continued  shelling of Armenian positions.

The Armenian side warned the enemy that all responsibility for  further aggravation of the situation would fall on the  military-political leadership of Azerbaijan.  According to an  official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of  Azerbaijan, during the incident yesterday, three servicemen of the  Azerbaijani army were killed and four were injured. But, the media is  already circulating information about 17 killed Azerbaijani soldiers. 

Due to the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border, caused by the events of July 12 this year by clashes in the  Tavush direction, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas initiated  holding of the emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council on  July 13. This is stated in the message of the CSTO press service.  

It is also worth noting that in this situation, the Turkish side  took an active position, expressing unconditional support for Baku,  which were reflected in two statements by the Turkish Foreign  Ministry.  Moreover, the second statement was made by the Turkish  Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on the air of TRT Haber.  He noted  that Turkey, using all the opportunities, will support Azerbaijan.  "Let Armenia come to its sense," Cavusoglu said.