The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan has spread a message that an Azerbaijani serviceman was killed today as a result of a shot from the Armenian side.

“On October 14, at 18:15, a serviceman of the Azerbaijani army was killed by a shot from the Armenian side on the territory of the temporary accommodation of Russian peacekeepers,” the message reads.

The Defense Ministry notes that this is a deliberate provocation during the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation.