Yerevan, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):Armenia said Wednesday that the number of its soldiers killed in border clashes with Azerbaijan had risen to three, in the most serious outbreak of fighting between the ex-Soviet adversaries in months.
Azerbaijan previously said one of its soldiers died in the fighting on Tuesday along the disputed and volatile border region, where tensions are still high in the wake of a war between the Caucasus nations in 2020.
Armenia’s defence ministry said in a statement Wednesday that the body of an Armenian serviceman was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds in the vicinity where “intense skirmishes” had erupted on the previous day.
Two soldiers wounded in the fighting were in a stable condition, the defence ministry added.
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