Ilham Aliyev: Armenian armed groups in territory of Azerbaijan staged provocations

Military provocation was committed by illegal Armenian armed groups in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily deployed, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on August 5.

Noting that all responsibility for the created tension falls on the official Yerevan, President Ilham Aliyev underlined that military provocation was committed by illegal Armenian armed groups in the territory of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily deployed, and as a result, an Azerbaijani serviceman was killed. President stressed that the Azerbaijani side had implemented the necessary countermeasures to prevent this military provocation.