Armenian Defense Ministry released a statement regarding killing of an Armenian serviceman as a result of Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violation in the line of contact.

NEWS.am posts the text:

“According to the information spread by the NKR Defense Army, on the 26th of October at about 16:45 in the north-eastern part of the NK-Azerbaijan contact line (Martakert) fell NKR Defense Army’s conscript, private Harut Grigoryan (born: 1990, Stepanakert military registration and enlistment office) because of the enemy’s recurrent attack.

The Armenian Defense Ministry strictly condemns Azerbaijan’s recurrent actions to destabilize the situation hours after the OSCE mission monitoring and on the eve of the meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents under mediation of the President of the Russian Federation.

The Armenian Defense Ministry expresses condolences to the relatives of Harut Grigoryan and announces that the Azerbaijani side is fully responsible for the results of such instigations by their Armed Forces.”