Increasing violations of the cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Two Azerbaijani soldiers and two Armenians died earlier in the day on Friday when a new violation of the cease-fire established on the “line of contact” around Nagorno-Karabakh.

Poghosian Narek, Armenian sergeant 26 years, was shot dead in a section of the front line in the south-Karabakh in the early morning. New reports quoting Armenian Karabakh military sources reveal that he was killed during an incursion of Azerbaijan. They said that the Azerbaijani side had three injured in the assault.

The NKR Defense Army has not issued any official statement on the fatal incident before Friday night.

The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said that early in the morning one of his soldiers committed suicide after killing a fellow soldier and wounded another.

Another Armenian soldier was found dead at the border between Armenia and Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan. Citing the findings “preliminary” military investigators, the Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said later in the day that the young man of 20 years, Grisha Khachatryan, has probably killed himself by accident.

Ohanian spoke to reporters after inspecting the positions of the Armenian army along the border with Nakhichevan. Two Armenian soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani snipers on June 5, leading the Department of Defense Baku threatening “serious consequences”.

The Armenian army has responded to another section of the border of Nakhichevan. Razm.info, a news site for the defense based in Yerevan, said last week that nearly 100 square kilometers of neutral territory were attacked and under Armenian control accordingly. Were published photographs showing Armenian soldiers taking and fortifying positions on snowy mountains.

In a statement released Thursday, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence denied losing ground in the region. However, some Azerbaijani media reported last week that the Armenians launched an “offensive” in Nakhichevan.

New fighting also broke out Thursday night in the west section of the long border between Armenia and the rest of Azerbaijan. According to the news agency APA, three civilians Alibeyli residents, a village on the border of Azerbaijan, including a 5 year old girl, were injured and hospitalized after strokes cross fire from the Armenian side.

The Armenian village near Aygepar also reported to have been within the scope of fire. “Azerbaijanis fired at our villages for about 90 minutes,” said the mayor of the village, Andranik Aidianian. “They stopped when our troops retaliated.”