Milli Majlis holds minute of silence in honor of July martyrs

Memory of the Azerbaijani servicemen who died in July this year during Armenian provocation on the Tovuz direction of the state border was honored with a minute of silence at today's first plenary meeting of the extraordinary session of the Milli Majlis.  Report informs, after the address of the speaker Sahiba Gafarova, the deputies stood up and honored the memory of the July martyrs with a minute of silence.

Starting from the afternoon on July 12, units of the Armenian armed forces, grossly violated the ceasefire on the direction of the Tovuz region of the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.

As a result of the adequate steps undertaken by our units, the enemy was defeated and driven back suffering losses.

During the fighting, several service members of the Azerbaijan Army, including General-Major, were killed, and five were injured.

Many states and international organizations strongly condemned Armenians' actions aimed at instigating situation on the front line.