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Baku/15.05.23/Turan: An official meeting of the command staff of the Azerbaijani army was held today under the chairmanship of Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov.
The meeting participants discussed the current operational conditions on the conditional Azerbaijani-Armenian border and the Karabakh economic region, the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported.
Referring to the recent shootings in the Kelbajar direction, the Defense Minister noted that the Azerbaijani military resolutely prevented the expansion of provocations of the Armenian armed forces and caused significant damage to them. The Minister gave instructions to take tough measures to respond to possible armed incidents. ---06B---
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