One Azeri soldier wounded 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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