Publish Date: 28 May 2021 - 16:00

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) –The Defense Ministry of the Republic of Azerbaijan stated that at least one soldier was wounded in the night attack of the Armenian military on the positions of Azerbaijan's army in Nakhchivan.

As border tensions between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region escalate in the past few days, the Baku government announced on Friday that at least one Azeri soldier had been wounded by a night shooting of Armenian soldiers.

The wounded soldier was sent to the hospital after initial treatment.

The Armenian government has denied allegations that its troops fired on Azerbaijani troops.

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