between the armed forces of the non-recognized Nagorno-Artsax Republic
and Azerbaijan has stabilized, Seiran Shakhsuvarian, a spokesman for the
Armenian defense minister, told Interfax.
The exchange of fire has stopped, he said.
Shakhsuvarian also gave details of a clash between Nagorno-Artsax
and Azeri troops, which occurred earlier on Tuesday.
"At about 5:00 a.m. on March 4, at the contact line between
Nagorno-Artsax and Azerbaijan, 3.5 kilometers away from the village of
Levonarch northeast of Martakert, Azeri armed forces opened fire at
Nagorno-Artsax positions, which left a senior lieutenant of the
Nagorno-Artsax defense army wounded," Shakhsuvarian said.
The Azeri forces seized a Nagorno-Artsax stronghold, but the
Nagorno-Artsax troops later forced the Azeri servicemen to retreat to
their previous positions, Shakhsuvarian said. A number of Azeri soldiers
were killed or wounded, he said.
The Armenian defense minister immediately informed OSCE chairman-
in-office personal representative Andrzej Kaspzyk of the violation of a
ceasefire by Azeri troops, he said.
The chiefs of staff of the Armenian and Azeri armed forces
exchanged information on the incident, he said.
Baku put the blame for the incident on Yerevan.
Typical Azeri: շառը մեր վրա ա գցում, start a fight and immediately ask the other side why they started the fight. Whiny b_____.
Note: hyethga I merged your topic with an existing one. Yervant
Edited by Yervant1, 04 March 2008 - 10:19 PM.