OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair James Warlick said violence and tensions along the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces undermine efforts to bring about a negotiated settlement.

“Violence and tensions along the Line of Contact undermine efforts to bring about a negotiated settlement. Regret today's death #peace,” he tweeted.

Earlier, the diversionary teams of the adversary had attempted to carry out a simultaneous infiltration at the line of contact between the Karabakh-Azerbaijani opposing forces.  

The attempts were recorded at around between 11:50pm on Sunday and 12:15am on Monday, in the northeastern (Jraberd) and the southeastern (Korgan) directions of the line of contact.

As a result of the ensuing skirmish, Junior Sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan was killed at the military position located in the northeastern direction, and from the gunshot wound he sustained from the adversary.