ArmInfo.The RA Defense Ministry refutes yet another Azerbaijani disinformation, this time that 40 Armenian servicemen allegedly crossed the border with Azerbaijan on the evening of June 1, and the units of the AR Armed Forces "forced them to return to their starting positions."
The Defense Ministry of Armenia is convinced that the dissemination of such misinformation by the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan is aimed at creating an impression among the international community about the attempt of the Armenian Armed Forces to aggravate the situation on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border and thereby provide a counterbalance to the provocation of the Azerbaijani armed forces to invade the territory of the Republic of Armenia on May 12 and May 13.
"The Ministry of Defense states that the Armenian Armed Forces did not cross the border of Azerbaijan either on June 1 or in previous days. All information on this issue, statements disseminated by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry are a provocation," the Armenian Defense Ministry noted, indicating in this vein a significant increase similar misinformation in recent days.
As an illustrative example, the RA Ministry of Defense cited information from the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, spread a few days ago, that the Armenian side allegedly opened fire both on the Armenian- Azerbaijani border and on Azerbaijani positions in the direction of Shushi, which was denied by both the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the Republic of Artsakh.