Armenian solider shot dead on Azeri border: report

An Armenian serviceman was shot and killed by Azeri fire on Dec. 15, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.Hrant Poghosian, 26, was killed at around 5 p.m. in Armenia’s Berd region, the ministry said, according to Aysor.am news website.The Azeri Ministry of Defense could not immediately been reached for comment.Armenia and Azerbaijan are technically at war despite a ceasefire brokered by Russia in 1994.

Armenians captured nearly 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s internationally-recognized territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts, during the war.

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