Azerbaijan denies over dozen soldiers killed in border clash with Armenians
BBC Monitoring Newsfile [London] 06 June 2012.

The official said tension was still present on the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops in Karabakh and said that Azerbaijani soldiers have thwarted Armenian troops’ attempts to penetrate the military positions of the national army. “Armenian cunning has been put into action in order to calm down its [Armenia’s] angry people,” APA quoted the ministry official as saying.

Baku has denied Armenian reports that over a dozen Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in a border clash with Armenian troops on 5 June, Baku-based APA news agency reported on 6 June.

“Some Armenian media outlets have made up names and titles and reported that another four and over a dozen Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed. These are totally false and wrong reports. It is not the first time that the enemy has used these methods,” APA quoted the spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry, Eldar Sabiroglu, as saying.

“If there are so many casualties as they are claiming, then where are the killed persons and where have they been buried?” Eldar Sabiroglu said.

The official said tension was still present on the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops in Karabakh and said that Azerbaijani soldiers have thwarted Armenian troops’ attempts to penetrate the military positions of the national army. “Armenian cunning has been put into action in order to calm down its [Armenia’s] angry people,” APA quoted the ministry official as saying.

BBCM note: Armenian Public TV earlier reported that 10 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in an attempt to advance towards Armenian army positions on 5 June. It added that another four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed during a separate border clash on 5 June, without giving any further details.

Credit: APA news agency, Baku, in Azeri 1026 6 Jun 12; Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan, in Armenian 1700 5 Jun 12

APA news agency, Baku, in Azeri 1026 6 Jun 12; Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan, in Armenian 1700 5 Jun 12