In Baku, they said that the Armenians fired at the Azerbaijani positions.
“On the night of May 27-28, our positions in the area of the Ashagi Buzgov settlement of the Babek region of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic were fired upon by the Armenian armed forces in several directions”, – reads the statement of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, which is at the disposal of RIA Novosti.
One soldier was wounded, he was hospitalized, there is no danger to life, the department added.
The day before, the Azerbaijanis captured six Armenian soldiers, who, according to Baku, were trying to cross the border. In Yerevan, they said that the detainees were carrying out engineering work on their territory. The incident took place in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia.
The situation on the border between the two countries escalated on May 12. The Armenian Defense Ministry then reported that the Azerbaijani armed forces tried to carry out certain work “to clarify the borders” in one of the border areas of the Syunik region. And about. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan informed Russian President Vladimir Putin about his instructions to seek consultations from the CSTO.