STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree posthumously awarding serviceman of the NKR Defense Army's N division Souren Pilosyan a “For Courage” medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state border.

As reported earlier, due to the ceasefire violation by the adversary, Armenian soldier Suren Pilosyan (born in 1995) sustained a fatal gunshot wound at the line of duty of the protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit stationed in a southerly direction. An investigation is underway to ascertain the details of this incident.