Armenian Defense Ministry denies Azerbaijani claims of border shooting twice in one day

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YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. The Armenian Ministry of Defense has denied Azerbaijani allegations of border shootings for the second time in a single day./pp

The report from the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claiming that Armenian forces allegedly opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the eastern part of the border area around 11:50 p.m. on August 18 is false, the Armenian Defense Ministry stated./pp

The ministry also reiterated that the Armenian Prime Minister's office had proposed establishing a joint Armenian-Azerbaijani mechanism to investigate ceasefire violations or related reports./pp br/p