Interfax, Russia
Feb 19 2010
Stepanakert denies Baku claims about shooting in conflict zone
YEREVAN Feb 19
The Defense Ministry of the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh has
said that allegations by the Azeri Defense Ministry concerning the
deaths of 3 Azeri soldiers by Armenian forces are not true.
"The Azeri reports about the alleged shooting and deaths of Azeri
soldiers are not true. The Nagorno-Karabakh defense army is honoring
the ceasefire," Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Senor
Asratian told Interfax.
Three Azeri army servicemen were killed and another wounded as a
result of fire opened by Armenian forces, the Azeri Defense Ministry
said earlier on Friday.