Azerbaijan again falsely accuses Armenia of border shooting in renewed fake news campaign

The Azerbaijani authorities have again falsely accused the Armenian military of border shooting in an ongoing disinformation campaign, the Armenian defense ministry has warned.

“The statement issued by the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan, alleging that on August 18th, at approximately 7:30 p.m., units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire towards Azerbaijani combat positions in the southwestern part of the border, does not correspond to reality,” the Armenian defense ministry said in a statement.

“It should be noted that the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia has proposed the establishment of a joint Armenia-Azerbaijan mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations and/or related cases,” it added.

Azerbaijan has been regularly falsely accusing the Armenian military of cross-border shootings in a renewed fake news campaign.