Azerbaijan falsely accuses Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh of opening fire in latest disinformation campaign

 11:46, 3 June 2023

YEREVAN, JUNE 3, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan has again falsely accused Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh of shooting at its positions in what authorities said was a usual disinformation campaign.

In a statement, the Ministry of Defense of Armenia said the Azerbaijani accusation claiming that the military of Armenia opened fire at 00:50, June 3 at Azerbaijani positions in the eastern part of the border is disinformation.

Meanwhile, in a separate statement the Ministry of Defense of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) said that the Azerbaijani accusation claiming that the Defense Army of Artsakh opened fire overnight June 2-3 at Azerbaijani positions in several directions is untrue.

“The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense statement claiming that the Defense Army units opened fire overnight June 2-3 at Azerbaijani positions deployed in the occupied territories of the regions of Askeran, Shushi, Martuni and Karvajar of the Republic of Artsakh is untrue,” the Artsakh Defense Ministry said in a statement.