Press Release

13 April, 2016 09:35
On the night of April 12-13, the Azerbaijani side committed 12 violations on the north-eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani national border through recurrent shooting from various caliber weapons in the direction of Armenian positions.

The RA AF frontline subdivisions have exercised restraint, retaliated only in cases of strict necessity, and confidently pursue monitoring the situation on the border.

In accordance with the situational report conveyed by the NKR DA, on the night of April 12-13, the operative situation on the line of contact separating the opposing forces of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan remained the same. The enemy continued infringing the verbal agreement on ceasefire by firing with various caliber weapons, including snipers and mortars.

Overall, Azerbaijan has committed 106 violations in the abovementioned timeframe. In the purpose of stabilizing the situation, the DA frontline subdivisions retaliated 23 times.

In consequence of the enemy's violations, one DA serviceman has been wounded.

Nagorno-Karabakh's forces continue to closely supervise the state within the combat zone, and apply counter-measures when required.