Azerbaijani servicemen near the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Video frame of the Armenian Defense Ministry. File photoYEREVAN, Sep 13The intensity of shooting on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border has significantly decreased, although it is too early to talk about stabilization of the situation, Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Aram Torosyan said on Tuesday. decreased,” the spokesman said. According to him, the Azerbaijani side, using special forces, is trying to ensure advancement throughout the day, in particular, in the direction of the villages of Nerkin And, Verin Shorzha, Artanish and Sotk. «The data on the losses of the Armenian side are being clarified,» Torosyan said. Earlier, the Armenian authorities stated that the losses of the Armenian side, according to preliminary data, amounted to 49 people killed. jpg» />The Kremlin urged Yerevan and Baku to observe the ceasefire On Tuesday night, hostilities broke out on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the parties accuse each other of starting the aggravation. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military shelled the territory of Armenia using artillery and drones. The areas on the border — Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik regions (connects Armenia with Iran) were shelled. These territories have nothing to do with Karabakh. Baku said that the Armenian military fired at the positions of Azerbaijani troops on the border, and there was a clash. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of intending to disrupt the peace process. Both sides reported losses among their military. By morning, the parties agreed to a ceasefire. As the head of the International Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin told RIA Novosti, a truce on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the senator, there is a lot of work to be done, since Yerevan applied to the CSTO. As CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov said earlier, an emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held on September 13, which expressed extreme concern about the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and considered proposals for using the CSTO mechanisms by settlement.
