Armenia calls on int`l community to restrain Azerbaijan`s maximalist  behavior 

ArmInfo.On September 1, the armed forces of Azerbaijan opened fire on the positions of the  armed forces of the Republic of Armenia located in the area of Sotk  and Norabak in the Gegharkunik region, which resulted in casualties  of 4 killed and 1 wounded. Azerbaijan's armed forces also used  mortars and UAVs. This is stated in the statement of the Armenian  Foreign Ministry in connection with today's enemy provocation.  As  the press service of the RA MFA reports, the official Yerevan notes,  in part:

"During this period, the Republic of Armenia has repeatedly signaled  that Azerbaijan, aiming at carrying out pre-planned military actions,  deliberately and systematically is spreading disinformation. 

The encroachments against the territorial integrity of Armenia,  combined with the statements and bellicose rhetoric regularly made   by the Azerbaijani side on various levels as well as channeled  through various state media, are the continuation of Baku's  aggressive policy aimed at settling existing problems and imposing  its own will through the use of force and the threat of use of force.

Under the conditions of targeted calls and growing pressure to lift  the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor, Azerbaijan's provocation  is also aimed at diverting the attention of the international  community and avoiding the fulfillment of its obligations.

We strongly condemn this kind of aggressive behavior of Azerbaijan,  which is accompanied by the factual siege of the people of  Nagorno-Karabakh through the 8-month-long illegal blockade of the  Lachin Corridor, and can seriously disrupt the efforts aimed at  establishing stability and lasting peace in the region. The Republic  of Armenia reaffirms its principled position that all units of  Azerbaijan's armed forces must be withdrawn from the sovereign  territory of Armenia.

We call on the international community and the actors interested in  real stability in the region to restrain Azerbaijan's daily  increasing maximalist behavior through the existing mechanisms and  active and clear steps in order to prevent further escalation of the  situation and to bring Azerbaijan to a constructive track," the RA  MFA's statement concludes.