Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has dismissed the Armenian media reports which suggest that allegedly the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire in the direction of Talish village and that Armenian serviceman Marat Danielyan was killed as a result of the shootout, Trend reports.
"An Armenian Zil-131 truck was blown up on April 21st morning on an Armenian mine in the northern part of the line of contact. The explosion left one dead and several injured," the ministry told Trend on April 21st.
"By spreading such false information, Armenians try to conceal from the public the number of the dead and injured, as well as their failures on the frontline," added the Defense Ministry.
Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20% of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US, are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
