Azerbaijan's MoD raises alarm over Armenian troops' concentration on conditional border

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has issued a statement regarding recent developments along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, expressing concern over the concentration of Armenian armed forces and military equipment in various locations.

"Recently, the concentration of manpower, armoured vehicles, artillery installations, and other heavy firepower of the Armenian armed forces and intensive movement of its troops in different directions of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conditional border is observedm" Caliber.Az reports quting the statement as saying on March 31.

The Ministry highlighted a surge in provocative actions aimed at escalating tensions in the region: "Last days, there has been a further activation of revanchist forces threatening Azerbaijan with war, rise of aggressive rhetoric against Azerbaijan to the high level and increase of the number of provocative information focused on aggravating the situation in the information environment in preparation for sabotage attempts" 

"We warn that in case of any attempt of military provocation by the Armenian armed forces against Azerbaijan, it will be resolutely suppressed by the Azerbaijan Army.

We once again declare that Armenia and its protectors will bear whole responsibility for the aggravation of the situation and any possible provocation," the statement added.