Armenia denies false Azeri reports of gunfire

Azerbaijan has again falsely accused Armenia of a ceasefire violation.

"The statement issued by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, alleging that Armenian forces opened fire on Azerbaijani combat positions in the eastern and southeastern sectors of the border between 5:00 p.m. on March 31 and 4:45 a.m. on April 1, does not correspond to reality," the Armenian Defense Ministry said in a statement. 

The Armenian Prime Minister's Office has proposed the establishment of a joint Armenia-Azerbaijan mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations and related reports. However, Azerbaijan has yet to respond to this initiative.

"The Defense Ministry of Armenia reaffirms that, in accordance with the position of the Prime Minister's Office, it stands ready to investigate the facts supporting the statement issued by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, should they be provided to the Republic of Armenia," reads the statement.