YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. The situation in the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and the Artsakh-Azerbaijan line of contact is relatively calm, Deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Gabriel Balayan told a press conference in Armenpress.

“The situation is relatively calm in the frontline. At least in the past week the number of shots has neither decreased nor increased. No any extraordinary incident happened except the recent case when our soldier was wounded [Defense Army solder Rafayel Azizyan, born in 1997] which took place in the north-eastern section of the Artsakh Republic and to which the Artsakh armed forces gave a tough response”, the deputy minister said.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the November 29 ceasefire violation by Azerbaijan which caused a severe injury to Rafael Azizyan, a serviceman of the Artsakh Defense Army. The Ministry said this unprovoked incident caused by a sniper shot indicates that the Azerbaijani side makes a deliberate attempt to violate the ceasefire.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan