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"Baku is aware of Armenia's position, including its failing to divulge reports on ceasefire breaches and the loss of three soldiers in the past 15 days. By doing so, the Armenian authorities are trying to avoid panic among the population," the ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu told the Baku-based ANS TV channel.
He said that although ceasefire breaches that occur on the contact line nearly every day are registered, "the fact that the Armenian media remains silent unlike Azerbaijan means that this is part of [Yerevan's] domestic policy".
"The authorities and opposition as well as media outlets concur on this policy. Armenia has not been talking about casualties for many years running, and evidently, one of the reasons for this is its being wary of the population," the Defense Ministry representative said.
Sabiroglu said that Armenian citizens have developed "abhorrence" for the country's authorities in recent years.
"In order not to amplify these sentiments and anger the people further, they are not informing the public of issues like ceasefire [violations] or human casualties," he added.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been locked in conflict for over a decade. Peace talks brokered by the OSCE Minsk Group kicked off after a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a cease-fire in 1994, but have brought little tangible result so far. Armenia continues to occupy Upper Garabagh and seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts in defiance of international law.