Defense Ministry: Positions of the Azerbaijan Army in Nakhchivan direction came under fire

Baku, May 28, AZERTAC On the night of May 27-28, our positions near the Ashaghi Buzgov settlement in Babak district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic came under fire by the Armenian armed forces from several directions, Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan told AZERTAC. “As a result, serviceman Muradov Elkhan Ilham was wounded in the shoulder. The wounded soldier was immediately received first medical aid, after which he was taken to the hospital. The leadership of the Ministry of Defense wishes the wounded soldier a speedy recovery. The opposite side was suppressed by the retaliation fire of the units of the Combined Arms Army. The Azerbaijani Army fully controls the operational situation. We declare that Armenia bears full responsibility for the relative aggravation of the situation in the Nakhchivan section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. We call on the Armenian side to refrain from provocations and other steps that may aggravate the situation and to act responsibly,” the ministry said.