Azerbaijan again fires at Armenian villages
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August 22, 2012 | 10:20
YEREVAN. – The Azerbaijani side yet again violated on Wednesday – and in
the direction of the villages in Armenia’s Tavush Region – the ceasefire
at the line of contact between Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s armed
forces, Armenian Defense Minister’s Press Secretary Artsrun
Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
He added that there were no casualties from the Armenian side, and
stressed that Azerbaijan violates the ceasefire on a regular basis.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an Azerbaijani diversionary
operation had claimed the lives of three Armenian soldiers and wounded
six others – one of whom, an officer – in the early morning hours of June
4. The operation was carried out in the direction of the bordering
Chinari and Berdavan villages of Tavush.
The killed soldiers were Hrach Sargsyan, Zohrab Balabekyan, and Karen
Davtyan. And the wounded military servicemen were Senior Lieutenant
Mushegh Nurbekyan, and conscripts Igit Hovhannisyan, Maxim Melkonyan,
Sedrak Shahbazyan, Artak Mnatsakanyan and Koryun Iritsyan.
From: A. Papazian
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