YEREVAN. – The Armenian soldier, who sustained a gunshot wound as a result of the fire opened by the Azerbaijani armed forces in the direction of Armenia’s military positions Monday, is in satisfactory condition. Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned about this from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) of Armenia informed.

"His soft tissues were damaged, which were treated. He is in satisfactory condition," the ministry informed.

The MOD of Armenia had reported that at around 12:40pm on Monday, the units of the Azerbaijani opened sniper fire on the Armenian military positions located in the western part of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, and as a result, two servicemen of the Armenian armed forces were wounded. One of them, Sergeant Hrach Manasaryan, a contract soldier, died on the way to the hospital.