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Interfax, Russia
June 4 2011
Armenia, Azerbaijan deny reports of Azerbaijani shepherd's killing on
Karabakh border
YEREVAN. June 4
The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied the Azerbaijani media reports
o the killing of a civilian in Azerbaijan by Karabakh servicemen.
"If Azerbaijan has evidence, they can provide it to the appropriate
international structures for an investigation," Armenian Defense
Ministry press officer David Karapetyan told Interfax on Saturday.
A journalist with Azerbaijan's ANS television earlier reported that a
civilian resident shepherding sheep had been killed in the Agdamsky
district of Azerbaijani as a result f an apparent violation of the
ceasefire agreement by Armenia.
"The dissemination of such information is a provocation by Baku before
the meeting between the presidents of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan
scheduled to take place in Kazan. Azerbaijan is doing this to earn
points," Karapetyan said.
The information on the civilian's killing has also been denied in the
self-proclaimed republic of Nagorny Karabakh. "We have more than once
said and I am again officially saying that Karabakh continues to abide
by the ceasefire agreement along the entire line of contact," Seno
Asratyan, press officer for the Nagorny Karabakh Defense Ministry,
told Interfax.
"The frontline units of Nagorny Karabakh's army are not opening fire
on the enemy's civilians or servicemen. The army's defense posts only
open fire to suppress active actions by the enemy. The information
disseminated by the Azerbaijani media is false," Asratyan said.
The ceasefire regime was established by Azerbaijani and Armenia in May 1994.
The meeting between the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia
is scheduled to take place in Kazan in late June.
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June 4 2011
Armenia, Azerbaijan deny reports of Azerbaijani shepherd's killing on
Karabakh border
YEREVAN. June 4
The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied the Azerbaijani media reports
o the killing of a civilian in Azerbaijan by Karabakh servicemen.
"If Azerbaijan has evidence, they can provide it to the appropriate
international structures for an investigation," Armenian Defense
Ministry press officer David Karapetyan told Interfax on Saturday.
A journalist with Azerbaijan's ANS television earlier reported that a
civilian resident shepherding sheep had been killed in the Agdamsky
district of Azerbaijani as a result f an apparent violation of the
ceasefire agreement by Armenia.
"The dissemination of such information is a provocation by Baku before
the meeting between the presidents of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan
scheduled to take place in Kazan. Azerbaijan is doing this to earn
points," Karapetyan said.
The information on the civilian's killing has also been denied in the
self-proclaimed republic of Nagorny Karabakh. "We have more than once
said and I am again officially saying that Karabakh continues to abide
by the ceasefire agreement along the entire line of contact," Seno
Asratyan, press officer for the Nagorny Karabakh Defense Ministry,
told Interfax.
"The frontline units of Nagorny Karabakh's army are not opening fire
on the enemy's civilians or servicemen. The army's defense posts only
open fire to suppress active actions by the enemy. The information
disseminated by the Azerbaijani media is false," Asratyan said.
The ceasefire regime was established by Azerbaijani and Armenia in May 1994.
The meeting between the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia
is scheduled to take place in Kazan in late June.
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