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

Accordingly, NKR Defense Army division serviceman Arman Ghandilyan 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, military serviceman Arman Ghandilyan (born in 1997) sustained a fatal gunshot wound, on Wednesday at around 1:30am, at the protection area of an NKR Defense Army unit which is stationed in a northeasterly direction, and as a result of violation of the rules of military watch.