Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, condemned the “aggression” of Azerbaijan.

“He looks forward to an appropriate response from the international community,” Agence France-Presse quoted him as saying in separate talks as clashes continue on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Armenian government said in a statement.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry stated that “border clashes with Armenia broke out as a result of “the actions of Armenian sabotage groups,” and indicated that “the Armenian army is undertaking a massive escalation,” Russian Sputnik reports. agency.

In this context, the Armenian Defense Ministry stated that the Azerbaijani armed forces launched a series of artillery attacks on the border cities of Armenia, noting that “the Azerbaijani armed forces also used drones in the bombing.”