Shooting is always bad, but no high-degree threat - MP

ArmInfo.The latest shelling of Armenian settlements by the Azerbaijani armed forces cannot but cause  concern, Chairman of the RA National Assembly Commission on Defense and Security Issues Andranik Kocharyan told reporters on April 9.

Earlier today, the RA Ministry of Defense issued a statement  according to which units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire  on the positions of the Armenian Armed Forces on April 8 at 22:50 in  the direction of the village of Aravus (Syunik region) and at 22:55  in the direction of the village of Khoznavar (Syunik region). The  department also denied the enemy's report that allegedly on April 8,  between 23:35 and 23:45, units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened  fire on Azerbaijani positions located in the south- eastern part of  the border zone.

In this regard, as Kocharyan noted, shots were also fired in the area  of the settlement of Sev Lich. "I can even say how many shots there  were, but I will not indicate the number in order to avoid  provocations.  Shots are always bad, but if the Armenian side did not  respond, it means there was not a high degree of danger," Kocharyan  said, adding at the same time that no facts of shelling of border  villages.

The deputy called for assessing the situation not on the basis of  populist statements, but on the basis of the work carried out in the  armed forces of the country of work. He noted that single shots from  the enemy do not give grounds to claim preparation for full-scale  hostilities. "But we must, first of all, do everything possible to  prevent such a development of events, and for this we cannot leave  for tomorrow what can be done today. In particular, when conducting  the process of delimitation and demarcation of borders, the  commission on this issue must take into account the opinion of the  General Staff of the RA Armed Forces.  Without taking this opinion  into account, the work of the commission will not be effective," the  MP said.