Armenian soldiers on the border with Azerbaijan. File photoYEREVAN, Oct 16 The Armenian Defense Ministry denied Azerbaijan's claim that the Armenian military shelled Azerbaijani positions on the border. On Sunday, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of new shelling of Azerbaijani military positions on the border in three directions.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9807874677c629bd4faee478d76a981a.jpg" />Baku accused Yerevan of shelling the positions of its troops on the border»The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has spread another false report that allegedly units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire on units of the Armenian Armed Forces did not fire at Azerbaijani positions,» Defense Ministry spokesman Aram Torosyan wrote on social networks. Skirmishes periodically occur on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The last serious aggravation occurred on the night of September 13th. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military fired at the border areas of Armenia — Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik regions (connects Armenia with Iran) using artillery and drones. These territories have nothing to do with Karabakh. Baku stated that the Armenian military fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border, 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 Grigory Karasin told RIA Novosti, a truce on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Putin invited Aliyev and Pashinyan to meet
