The Azerbaijani army has been ordered to be at the alert to immediately and determinately suppress any possible provocations of the Armenian armed forces on the border and Karabakh.

This was stated at today’s meeting in the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan chaired by the head of the military department and attended by commanders of the troops stationed in the territories liberated from occupation.

During the meeting, the operational conditions and the current situation on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border and Karabakh were analyzed in detail, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

With due consideration of further military escalation, as a result of the recent intensive shelling by the Armenian armed forces of the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the direction of Kelbajar and Lachin regions, Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov gave an order to be always prepared for immediate and decisive suppression of any provocations.

Source: Turan News Agency