STEPANAKERT. – President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh), Bako Sahakyan, on Saturday signed a decree.

Accordingly, NKR Defense Army division serviceman Arayik Ordubekyan has been posthumously awarded with the Medal for Service in Battle, and in recognition of his bravery during the defense of the Artsakh state border, Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As reported earlier, as a result of Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violation, military serviceman Arayik Ordubekyan, 19, sustained a fatal gunshot wound, on Friday at around 11:30pm, at the protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit which is stationed in a southerly direction.