YEREVAN. Aug 14 (Interfax) - The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's statement alleging the concentration of military hardware on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
"The statement published by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, alleging that the Armenian Armed Forces have concentrated large amounts of weapons and military hardware and numerous troops on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, is untrue," the Armenian Defense Ministry's press service said.
"Regarding another false allegation made in this statement from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, the Armenian Defense Ministry reiterates that Armenia does not have an army in Nagorno-Karabakh," it said.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said earlier on Monday that Armenian forces had fired at Azerbaijani positions on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
"Armenian units stationed in the area of Yukhari Shorzha in the Basarkechar region fired small arms of various calibers at Azerbaijani positions near Mollabayramli in the Kalbajar region [near the Azerbaijani-Armenian border] between 9:20 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. on August 14," the ministry said.
Azerbaijani forces took countermeasures, it said.