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Qafqazinfo.az presents an article by Asef Guliyev who conducted a journalistic investigation into contact line incidents and revealed many horrific facts about army which were concealed by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

The author appealed to many power structures, but received no response either from the Defense Ministry or from MFA. The Azerbaijan Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (ARRA) answered Guliyev that the requested information was secret and permission from the National Security Ministry was necessary to answer the questions. While, the journalist asked simple questions – how much funding is allocated by the Azerbaijani government for the construction of a wall along the front line, how much work is already done and how much did it cost?

“Surely, everybody is already aware of the latest statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs following Armenian Foreign Ministry’s appeal to the Special Representative of OSCE. Coherent and efficient actions call forth obvious interest. Pay attention to the fact that Armenian media reports say the incident which left three Armenian soldiers dead happened on April 27, 04:15, while at 09:30 media already reported about MFA’s appeal to the OSCE Special Representative. The Co-Chairs’ statement was released already on the same day, April 27, 15:30. Such coherence and efficiency is indicative of many things, with Azerbaijan’s information activity in the focus of international community’s attention. In any case, the activities of our structures are beneath criticism,” the author says.

According to the article, investigation revealed that several Azerbaijani servicemen were killed by Armenian fire in April, but the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry did not report the incident, moreover, it concealed the incident in every way possible.

“Neither the Defense Ministry’s official website nor our leading information agencies reported the deaths of our soldiers. There are two assumptions: either ceasefire regime was not violated, and if so, a question emerges: who is to blame for the deaths of the soldiers, or firing actually took place, but the Defense Ministry’s officials-in-charge did not carry out their duties. In both cases, criminal anarchy is in place in the Ministry,” Guliyev says and adds that events which are not confirmed by official sources just do not exist to international organizations. More, such facts are not included in official reports.