Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported clashes on the international border between them and in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone on Tuesday (26 March), hours before it was confirmed that the leaders of the two countries will be meeting in Vienna on Friday in an attempt to move forward the peace talks aimed at ending the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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The Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said a soldier was killed as a result of the incidents in the Fizuli region. He was named as Ellez Aleddin Ellezov.
Armenian media sources said that "Armenian servicemen have prevented Azerbaijani troops' attempts to carry out engineering work and bring their positions closer to the border. The incident occurred on Tuesday, March 26 near the Armenian border village of Berdavan in Tavush province."
The reports added that "Failing to heed the Armenian side's warnings, the Azerbaijani soldiers opened fire towards the Armenian troops who retaliated, causing the suspension of engineering work. No casualties were reported on the Armenian side."
However, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said information on the alleged attempt of the Azerbaijani side to propel forward its positions by carrying out engineering work on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border "is untrue and another provocation of the Armenian side, as well as it aims to aggravate the situation at the front". "As a result of decisive and adequate actions undertaken by the units of the Azerbaijan Army, the enemy's firing positions were suppressed and its further provocations were stopped. Currently, the units of the Azerbaijan Army fully control the situation on the front line," the statement added.
Commonspace.eu reports incidents on the line of contact based on secondary sources and is not able to verify the accuracy of the reports.
source: commonspace.eu with agencies
photo: An Armenian military post on the line of contact in the nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone (archive picture)
