Baku says Azerbaijani soldier killed in Armenian side's strike
BAKU. May 17 (Interfax) - An Azerbaijani serviceman was killed during a strike carried out by the Armenian side on Tuesday, the press service of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has said.
"A serviceman of Azerbaijan's Armed Forces, soldier Natig Tahirli, was killed on May 17 as a result of Armenia's violation of the truce on the contact line between the forces," the Defense Ministry said.
The adversary's military personnel were eliminated as a result of response measures, it said.
"The Defense Ministry stresses once again that responsibility for incidents and the adversary's possible losses on the contact line rests with the leadership of Armenia," the press service of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.
Tensions in the Karabakh conflict zone abruptly escalated in the small hours of April 2. Hostilities engaging aircraft and artillery began. The sides traded accusations of the breach of ceasefire along the contact line, as well as claiming the adversary's substantial losses and limited losses of their own.
On April 5, Baku and Stepanakert, the capital of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, announced that an agreement had been reached to cease fire in the Karabakh conflict area from midday local time. Since then the sides have been daily trading accusations of multiple truce breaches.