Azerbaijan calls on Armenia to refrain from military escalations

Azerbaijan is committed to the peace process, and calls on the Armenian side to refrain from military escalations that would jeopardize the efforts to that end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan said in a commentary in response to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia concerning recent military provocations, Report informs.

“Claims by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia that the measures undertaken by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan against the provocation of the Armenian side are a pretext for escalation are totally groundless.

“Azerbaijani side has eliminated the threat emanating from the Armenian military outpost following the military provocation that injured an Azerbaijani serviceman. This measure was purely a retaliatory one,” the MFA said.