An official welcome ceremony has been held for President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit, in Shusha.

“As a result of additional investigations, it has been found out that a serviceman of the Armenian armed forces Artur Kartanyan, detained on June 8, 2021, in the territory of the Lachin district of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, penetrated the territory of Azerbaijan, not for the purpose of committing a provocation,” Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC.

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.

“First of all, we would like to emphasize that a ceasefire is being ensured in the region, based on a joint statement signed by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on November 10, 2020. Russian peacekeeping forces are carrying out a peacekeeping mission to ensure a ceasefire. We do not see any role of France in this matter,” said head of the Press Service Department of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Leyla Abdullayeva as she answered the question of the media regarding the statement made by French President Emmanuel Macron at the joint press briefing with the Prime Minister of Armenia.