ArmInfo.The Ministry of Defense of Armenia cannot specifically say, as a result of which the Azerbaijani border guard was killed. The press secretary of the Armenian defense department Artsrun Hovhannisyan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo.
It should be noted that on January 7, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan announced the death of its soldier on the border with Armenia. The press service of the border guards of Azerbaijan, in particular, says: "Today at 14.56 a soldier-border guard Farzali Farzaliev was killed as a result of a sniper shot in the direction of the village of Gushchu-Ayrim. Colonel General Elchin Guliyev, head of the State Border Service, and other officials are at the scene>.
"I cannot say specifically why an Azerbaijani soldier or border guard died, I could only say what was announced yesterday, in particular, that the Azerbaijani side made provocative attempts at the front line, the Armenian side opened warning fire in response," the press said Secretary of the RA Ministry of Defense. Recall, on the eve of Azerbaijan, it tried to carry out engineering work in the Tavush direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, in turn, the Armenian side opened warning fire.
It should be noted that in December last year, the Tavush region of Armenia was subjected to shelling by Azerbaijani forces several times. Several times the Ijevan-Noyemberyan motorway connecting Armenia with Georgia and the village of Koti were paved. According to military experts, the Azerbaijani armed forces are located in dominant positions over 17 settlements of the Tavush region. The enemy's positional advantage is explained by the mountain Ondundag, which rises above Armenian positions and is located on Azerbaijani territory.