"Azerbaijani news agencies distort the facts"
Armenia's Defence Ministry today issued a statement refuting Azeri media allegations about yesterday's skirmish at the contact-line which reportedly left five victims.
"Azerbaijani media reported yesterday about an exchange of fire in Agdam district which left five Armenian servicemen killed and three injured. Spokesman for the NKR Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant Colonel Senor Hasratian refuted the information.
Later in the day the Azeri side decided to charge the obvious misinformation by fake facts and publish a photo of the "killed" Armenian serviceman. The article is available in Russian on Vesti.az which also published an interview with an Azeri military expert Uzeir Jafarov. To the question how they could speak of an exact number of victims, if the bodies were not found, the Azeri expert said: "Any attack is accompanied by losses, irrespective of the fact whether the Armenian side reveals the number of victims or not."
"Azeri media are again cheating and distorting facts in an effort to raise fighting spirit of its army and public simultaneously destabilizing the situation. In fact, the photo at Vesti.az is a shot of 2008 August war in Georgia with a dead Georgian soldier taken by RF Communist Party official website (http://kprf.ru/international/59203.html). To make sure it is true, you can visit the photo session of the website."
