On June 8, a reconnaissance-sabotage group of the Armenian armed forces taking advantage of unfavorable weather conditions intervened our territory in Lachin district of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told AZERTAC.

“As a result of the vigilance of the Azerbaijan Army Units stationed in this direction a member of the group, serviceman Artur Kartanyan was detained. Other members of the group retreated and left the area.

The infiltrator was detained in the area with the following coordinates: Y4387428, X8610021.

According to the preliminary investigation, the enemy reconnaissance-sabotage group’s mission was to mine our territories.

Currently, the information on the detained member of the group is being clarified,” the ministry said.