Azerbaijani and Armenian MoDs announce their versions of border incident

The Armenian militaries captured today tried to cross the Azerbaijani border aiming to mine the road, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, the Armenian MoD has refuted this version, stating that the contract soldiers were captured in the territory of a military unit located in the Gegarkunik Region.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that today six servicemen were captured in the border Gegarkunik Region. According to the Armenian MoD, they performed some engineering works there; Azerbaijan insists that the detainees are scouts.

At about three o'clock in the morning, the Armenian militaries tried to cross the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the direction of the Yukhary Airym village of the Kelbadjar District of Azerbaijan, says the message posted today on the website of the Azerbaijani MoD. "Armenian soldiers were surrounded and taken prisoners while trying to mine the road leading to the border positions of the Azerbaijani Army," says the message.

The six Armenian soldiers were surrounded by Azerbaijani servicemen during engineering works they performed in the Gegarkunik Region, the Armenian MoD has stated in its turn. They were detained in the guarded territory of the military unit; they did not cross the Azerbaijani border, the MoD has explained.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on May 27, 2021 at 10:48 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.