Armenian Defense Ministry: "Azerbaijani party violated armistice regime in 2008 about 3,5 thousand times"

The Azerbaijani party violated the armistice regime in 2008 on the line of contact between the Armenian and "NKR" armed forces about 3,5 thousand times, Head of the borderline representation of the Armenian armed forces' General Headquarters, Colonel Andranik Mkrtumyan told ArmInfo.  n 2007, he said, Azerbaijan used a large-caliber small-arms weapon 274 times, in 2007 - 89 times. As a result of firing of the Armenian territory by the Azerbaijani AF in 2008, 7 people died - two civilians (in Chinari village of Berd region of Armenia's Tavush marz) and 5 servicemen. 26 people more (three of them civilians) were wounded. As A. Mkrtumyan emphasized, the circumstance that the Azerbaijani party started actively using manual rocket launchers in the last quarter, 2008, arouse special concern. The peak fell on November - 8 ases, and total of 11 cases of using manual rocket launchers by Azerbaijan were fixed. Moreover, artillery was used by the Azerbaijani AF in 2008 during a failed attempt of occupying the positions of the "NKR" Army in Martakert direction on March 4. According to the Armenian Defence Ministry 12 artillery shells were launched by Azerbaijan during that attempt,A. Mkrtumyan emphasized.

/ArmInfo/