Baku rubbishes claims on Armenian soldier’s killing
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense has dismissed
Yerevan’s allegations that the Azerbaijani troops violated
ceasefire on the frontline, shooting dead an Armenian soldier.
Teymur Abdullayev, the ministry’s deputy spokesman, said the Armenian Defense Ministry’s statement had no merit.
"According to incoming information, Sargis Voskanian died as a result of a skirmish that occurred in a trench among Armenian soldiers. An Armenian solider was heavily wounded during the incident as well… A criminal case has been launched by Armenia’s Military Prosecutor’s Office in this connection, and three people have been arrested."
The Armenian ministry claimed Tuesday that Voskanian, a 29-year-old junior sergeant, was killed after Azerbaijani forces opened fire near the Armenia-occupied Upper Garabagh region of Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus republics reared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's territorial claims. Armenia has been occupying over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory since the early 1990s in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but peace talks have been largely fruitless so far, and sporadic clashes on the frontline continue.
Tensions in the conflict zone have heightened in past months amid efforts by Armenia and Turkey, a close ally of Azerbaijan, to establish diplomatic ties and reopen their border after decades of hostility.*
Teymur Abdullayev, the ministry’s deputy spokesman, said the Armenian Defense Ministry’s statement had no merit.
"According to incoming information, Sargis Voskanian died as a result of a skirmish that occurred in a trench among Armenian soldiers. An Armenian solider was heavily wounded during the incident as well… A criminal case has been launched by Armenia’s Military Prosecutor’s Office in this connection, and three people have been arrested."
The Armenian ministry claimed Tuesday that Voskanian, a 29-year-old junior sergeant, was killed after Azerbaijani forces opened fire near the Armenia-occupied Upper Garabagh region of Azerbaijan.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus republics reared up in the late 1980s due to Armenia's territorial claims. Armenia has been occupying over 20 percent of Azerbaijan's internationally-recognized territory since the early 1990s in defiance of international law. The ceasefire accord was signed in 1994, but peace talks have been largely fruitless so far, and sporadic clashes on the frontline continue.
Tensions in the conflict zone have heightened in past months amid efforts by Armenia and Turkey, a close ally of Azerbaijan, to establish diplomatic ties and reopen their border after decades of hostility.*
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