YEREVAN. – The Minister of Defense of Armenia, Seyran Ohanyan, on Saturday visited the military servicemen who on Friday were wounded in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and as a result of shelling by Azerbaijan.

These soldiers are receiving treatment at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) Central Clinical Military Hospital in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia.

Ohanyan spoke with these soldiers,  encouraged them, and wished them speedy recovery, informed the MOD press service. 

The minister also met with the parents of these wounded military servicemen. He thanked these parents for raising patriotic sons, expressed his support, and assured that the recovery of these soldiers is at the focus of the hospital medical staff.

The MOD has extended its support and condolences to the family members, relatives, and fellow servicemen of the NKR Defense Army soldiers that died in the aforementioned shelling.

Press service of the NKR Defense Army had reported that the Azerbaijani Armed Forces shelled one of the northeastern protection areas of the NKR Defense Army unit, on Friday at about 5:30pm. The fire was opened from Turkish-made reactive rocket propelled howitzers (TR-107).

Consequently, NKR Defense Army soldiers Norayr Khachatryan (born in 1995), Robert Mkrtchyan (born in 1995), Harut Hakobyan (born in 1997), and Karen Shahinyan (born in 1997) died from shrapnel wounds.

In addition, there are sixteen wounded military servicemen, and four of them are in critical condition.