Nagorno Karabagh denounces the death of four soldiers by an Azerbaijani attack

June 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The authorities of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno Karabakh, officially known as Artsakh, on Wednesday denounced the death of four soldiers in an attack carried out by the Azerbaijani Army.

The incident, which occurred around 01:30 a.m. (local time), took place in the Martuni and Martakert regions. According to a statement from the Nagorno Karabagh Army, the Azeri Armed Forces have opened artillery fire and used unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Artsakh Defense Forces have added that the situation along the line of contact with the Azerbaijani troops “is relatively stable.” It has also added that the Ministry of Defense will make an additional statement on the incident.

They have also accused the Azeri side of “continuously” spreading false reports about an alleged violation of a ceasefire: “In particular, on June 27, by spreading a false report about an Azeri soldier wounded by fire from the Armenian side who has created an information base for another provocation”, the letter indicates.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have exchanged in recent months numerous accusations of violation of the 2020 ceasefire, which ended the Second Nagorno Karabagh War -after the 1994 war-. The conflict ended in victory for Azerbaijan, which recovered territories taken by Armenia in the First Nagorno Karabagh War, including the important city of Shusha.

Since then, both countries have maintained various contacts to try to sign a peace agreement, although the talks have encountered various obstacles, including the situation around the Lachín corridor, which connects Armenia with the self-proclaimed republic of Arstaj. The area has the presence of Russian soldiers deployed as peacekeepers under the aforementioned ceasefire agreement.