STEPANAKERT. – The situation on Armenia-Azerbaijan border is normal and relatively calm, Armenia Defense Ministry said.

“There were some case of ceasefire violation by the Azerbaijani side, but overall the situation is calm,” spokesperson for Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As informed earlier, last week Azerbaijan opened fire on the vehicles traveling along the Berd-Ijevan motorway in Armenia’s Tavush Region.

Those in civilian and military vehicles, alike, suffered from the shots. As a result of the shots fired upon a military motorcade, conscript, Private Garik Poghosyan (born in 1994) died, informed the Armenian MOD press service. In addition, conscripts, Privates Artur Andranikyan (born in 1994), Arayik Zhamharyan (born in 1994), and Martin Petrosyan (born in 1994) sustained varying degrees of gunshot wounds. The office of Andrzej Kasprzyk, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, was informed of this incident.