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

Accordingly, NKR Defense Army serviceman Vazgen Poghosyan 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, the Karabakh army soldier fell in shelling by the Azerbaijani side on Monday.

Vazgen Poghosyan (born in 1997) was killed in the eastern direction of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan.