Heads of Defense Ministries of Armenia and Russia discussed situation  in Karabakh conflict zone

ArmInfo. Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergey Shoigu held telephone conversation with Defense Minister of the Republic of  Armenia Vagharshak Harutyunyan.

According to the press service of the RF Ministry of Defense, during  the conversation they discussed the situation in the areas where the  tasks of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh are  being conducted, as well as other topics of mutual interest.

Yesterday, the Armenian media reported that in the morning the  Azerbaijani Armed Forces launched an offensive in the direction of  the Ishkhanasar village of the Syunik region of the Republic of  Armenia, there were intense battles, there are wounded among the  Armenian side. It was also reported that the enemy advanced 3 km deep  into the Syunik region of Armenia. This information was also  confirmed by the municipal authorities of the Syunik region of  Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Armenian Defense Ministry assured that the information  spread in the press "about the battles in the direction of  Ishkhanasar" does not correspond to reality. At the same time, they  confirmed that the armed forces of Azerbaijan, on May 12, under the  pretext of "clarifying the borders" tried to carry out certain  actions in one of the border regions of Syunik. "After the measures  taken by the Armenian units, the Azerbaijani military stopped these  actions. At the moment, negotiations are underway to resolve the  situation," the RA Defense Ministry stressed. And the National  Security Service of the Republic of Armenia warned against the spread  of misinformation spreading panic among the population and promised  tough preventive measures using all the available right tools. At  night, the Syunik authorities reported that the Azerbaijani Armed  Forces are still on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.  Only  late at night, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Security  Council meeting confirmed that the enemy penetrated 3.5 km deep into  the territory of Armenia in the Syunik region and is trying to gain a  foothold. -sh-