Azerbaijan tries to shift blame for its soldiers’ killing onto Karabakh

Azerbaijan tries to shift blame for its soldiers’ killing onto Karabakh
March 23, 2011 - 19:29 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Spokesman for the NKR Defense Army Senor Hasratyan said that the reports of Azerbaijani media that allegedly an Azerbaijani soldier was killed as a result of ceasefire violation by the NKR Defense Army are untrue.

The NKR Defense Army continues observing the ceasefire, Hasratyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“Meanwhile, 50 cases of ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan were reported on March 22 and 23,” said Hasratyan.

On March 23, Azerbaijani media reported that allegedly an Azerbaijani soldier – Samir Hidayat Agayev – was killed at the line of contact near Ashagi Abdurrahmanli village, Fizuli region, as a result of ceasefire violation by the NKR Defense Army, what is untrue.

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