Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry: Armenia spreads false info on April clash casualties

Information of the Armenian media that during the armed clashes in April 2016 with Azerbaijan, 150 Armenian servicemen were killed and more than 200 were wounded is only a part of the truth: these figures reflect only the losses among the draftees for Armenia’s armed forces, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said.

The Armenian armed opposition group Sasna Tsrer lost over 150 soldiers and more than 200 soldiers were wounded during the April clashes, according to Armenian media.

Taking into account these figures, in total, 300 servicemen of the Armenian side were killed and more than 700 were wounded during the April events, the Azerbaijani ministry said.

The majority of the wounded soldiers are in a serious health condition and it doesn’t exclude the increase in the number of losses, the press service of the ministry noted.

Some Armenian politicians and war criminals, regaining consciousness a few months after the Azerbaijani army’s armed response, make absurd statements that allegedly Azerbaijan, was forced to cease hostilities.

“The Armenian side felt only part of the Azerbaijani weapons’ power. We reiterate that if the Armenian side doesn’t leave the occupied Azerbaijani lands, it will lead to the collapse of the military-criminal regime in Armenia, to the tragedy and senseless casualties of the Armenian people," Trend cited the press service as saying.