BAKU

An Azerbaijani soldier was killed Wednesday by Armenian soldiers in the front lines as tension between two countries increased.

Armenia violated the ceasefire at midday Wednesday, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said.

The Azerbaijan army said that Sergeant Kerem died as a result of gunfire. Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said that Nohbalayev will be decorated with “military service achievement medal.”

Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war in 1988 over the territory known as Nagorno-Karabakh, and since the war ended in a ceasefire in 1994, the two countries have not had any diplomatic relations.

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