On April 14, Member of the Armenian Parliament’s ‘Civil Contract’ faction, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security Affairs Andranik Kocharyan praised the Armenian military for successfully repelling the Azerbaijani attack on April 11 near Tegh village. He added that an internal investigation will be conducted into possible shortcomings in their actions, as noted by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the recent Cabinet meeting.
“The Armenian Armed Forces gave a counterblow, and if our military didn’t act the way it did the Azerbaijani forces would’ve penetrated far deeper,” Kocharyan said, highlighting that the military’s capabilities must be on a level allowing it to fulfill its objectives. “What’s ours is ours, if the adversary is to make a further encroachment it should know that it will get a response. And here, the existence or non-existence of government instructions don’t matter, because the military must fulfill its objectives without instructions as well,” Kocharyan said.
He said an internal investigation will take place in the National Security Service, and if needed also in the military.
“The situation became clearer after yesterday’s discussion, the military fulfilled its objectives, we suffered casualties, but we stopped the adversary’s provocations,” he added.
On April 11, the units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire at the servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces who were carrying out engineering works in the area of Tegh village. The Armenian side resorted to retaliatory actions.
As a result of the Azerbaijani provocation, the Armenian side has 4 victims and 6 wounded.
