YEREVAN. – Defense Minister of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan, will participate in the funeral ceremony for Junior Sergeant Armen Hovhannisyan, the defense minister’s press secretary Artsrun Hovhannisyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.    

He added that the army command unit likewise will attend the interment of the hero soldier.    

Armen Hovhannisyan will be laid to rest Wednesday at Yerablur Military Pantheon of Armenian capital city Yerevan. 

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.  

By the decree of President Bako Sahakyan of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Hovhannisyan was posthumously awarded with the Bravery Medal for his for his courage while defending the NKR state border.