MFA: Armenia’s strong displeasure regarding the incident near the Hakari bridge was presented to the Russian ambassador

During the meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia on June 16, Armenia’s strong dissatisfaction with the incident involving Russian peacekeepers near the Hakari Bridge was presented to Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopirkin.

Press secretary of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ani Badalyan said this in a conversation with Armenpress, answering the question about the purpose of the visit of the Russian Ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopirkin, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “During the meeting with the Russian Ambassador at the Foreign Ministry today, Armenia’s strong displeasure was presented with regard to the incident involving Russian peacekeepers near the Hakari bridge on June 15. We called to take all the necessary steps to find out the circumstances of the incident and rectify the situation,” Badalyan said.

Earlier, the border guard service of the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia reported that around 08:40 on June 15 a group of soldiers of the border guard troops of Azerbaijan attempted to advance towards the Hakari bridge in order to put a flag in the territory of the Republic of Armenia. The statement says that due to the measures taken by the Armenian side, the advance of the Azerbaijani servicemen and the attempt to raise a flag in the RA territory was prevented. In one of the videos disseminated on the Internet, the Azerbaijani soldiers can be seen accompanied by the Russian peacekeepers, attempting to place the Azerbaijani flag on the Hakari bridge.