Xinhua News Agency, Tbilisi, September 29 (Reporter Li Ming) News from Yerevan: Armenian Defense Ministry spokesperson Stepanyan said on the 29th that an F-16 fighter jet of the Turkish Air Force shot down one in Armenian airspace on the same day. The Asian Air Force Su-25 fighter.
But both Azerbaijan and Turkey denied this.
The Armenian News Agency quoted Stepanyan’s news report on his official social media account that day that the Turkish F-16 fleet took off from Azerbaijan’s airport that day to provide cover for Azerbaijani military aircraft.
One of the F-16 fighters shot down a Su-25 fighter of the Asian Air Force that was performing missions in Armenian airspace.
Stepanyan said that the Su-25 fighter pilot has been confirmed dead.
On the same day, the head of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan denied the authenticity of this report, saying that it was false news and was deliberately propagated by the Asian side.
According to Turkish media reports on the 29th, Fakhrdin Alton, director of the Information Office of the Turkish Presidential Palace, denied in a statement that the Turkish military plane shot down the Armenian fighter plane.
Azerbaijan and Armenia broke out in a new round of conflict in the Naka region on the 27th. Both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement and taking the lead in launching a military offensive.
The Naka region is located in southwestern Azerbaijan, and its residents are mostly Armenians.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia broke out in a battle for Nagorny, and Armenia occupied Nagorny and its surrounding parts of Azerbaijan.
In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia reached an agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire, but the two countries have been in a state of hostility due to the Naka issue, and armed conflicts between the two sides have occurred from time to time.