By BAKU/YEREVAN. May 12 (Interfax) – All is relatively quiet on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, where a clash occurred on Thursday, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Friday.
The ministry added that 17 Armenian attacks on Azerbaijani army positions were observed in other areas, where mortars and small arms of various calibers were used.
“There are no casualties among personnel of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces,” the ministry said.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said, for its part, that two Armenian servicemen were injured in an Azerbaijani drone attack on Friday morning. “The Azerbaijani Armed Forces breached the ceasefire in the Sotk area at 10 a.m. on May 12 by using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Two servicemen of the Armenian Armed Forces suffered injuries, and one of them is in severe condition,” the ministry said.
The ministry described the situation on the frontlines as stable.
Tensions grew near Sotk on Thursday morning.
The ministry said on Thursday that an Azerbaijani serviceman was killed by Armenian gunfire on the border and another serviceman sustained a severe injury.
Meanwhile, Yerevan reported Azerbaijani artillery and mortar fire on Armenian positions near Sotk and said that four Armenians were injured.
