YEREVAN. – The Armenia-Azerbaijan border was tense on late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

Artsrun Hovhannisyan, the press secretary of the Minister of Defense of Armenia, told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In his words, there are twenty Armenian villages in the area, and all of them were essentially under fire.

“[But] the situation is relatively calm, at present,” added Hovhannisyan.

On Wednesday evening, Azerbaijan opened fire for several hours at the border villages of Armenia’s Tavush Province. As a result, two Koti village residents were wounded, and they were taken to the Noyemberyan town medical center.