Azerbaijani soldier killed on border with Armenia, Baku says

An Azerbaijani soldier was killed on Saturday September 30 by a sniper from the positions of the Armenian armed forces on the border between the two countries, denounces the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense in a press release. “The soldier was killed this afternoon” in the Kelbajar region (…) from the village of Kut, in Armenia, and “units of the Azerbaijani armed forces take retaliatory measures”he added.

For its part, Armenia has denied any involvement, its Defense Ministry affirming on Telegram that this “statement” according to which “Armenian units opened fire on Azerbaijani positions (…) born [correspondait] not to reality”.

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