YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, has signed a decree.

Accordingly, Junior Sergeant Arman Udumyan has been posthumously awarded the Medal for Military Service, and in recognition of his courage and self-sacrifice while protecting the borders of the Motherland.

According to preliminary data, Udumyan was killed on Wednesday at around 6pm, at the line of duty of a military unit of the Armenia MOD. He died from the gunshot wounds he had sustained as a result of Azerbaijan’s violation of the ceasefire.

Arman Udumyan was from Choratan village of the Tavush Region.