In regard with the situation that has developed in recent days during the fighting in the direction of the Tovuz district of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border, thousands of sons and daughters of Azerbaijan – patriots of their Homeland, our compatriots living abroad, servicemen in reserve, war invalids and veterans are applying to the Ministry of Defense with a request to call them up for military service and engage in military operations in order to support our Army.

The Azerbaijani media, with reference to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, has circulated information that the Armenian side allegedly lost 4 soldiers killed and 36 wounded during the recent military operations.

Today, during the military operations in the direction of the Tovuz district of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border, the vehicle delivering reserve forces to enemy combat positions was destroyed by the precise fire of our units.

During the fighting in the direction of the Tovuz district of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border, the Armenian armed forces military barrack was destroyed by the accurate fire of our units.

Starting from 05.45 on July 16, active military operations are being conducted in the direction of the Tovuz region of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border.

In recent days, messages about the alleged lack of reserves of various blood groups for transfusion of wounded servicemen have been spread in social networks through fake profiles.

On July 16 in the morning, the units of the armed forces of Armenia, using the tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "X-55", attempted to carry out a reconnaissance flight over the positions of the units of Azerbaijan Army in the direction of the Tovuz district of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border.

On the morning of July 16, units of the Armenian armed forces again attempted to attack our positions on the site of the Tovuz region of the Azerbaijan-Armenia state border.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has chaired a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers dedicated to the results of socio-economic development in the first quarter of 2020 and future objectives.

As a result of punitive measures undertaken to suppress the enemy’s combat activity the field control point of one of the units of the armed forces of Armenia was destroyed by an accurate fire of our units.