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Nurmammadzadeh Ibrahim Avaz oglu, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, was killed on the line of contact of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops ‘during armed clashes’ on 19 December, the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan said in an official press-release, as reported by Trend agency.

According to Oxu.az, the soldier was buried in a cemetery in the city Khudat in his native Khachmaz district. Nurmammadzadeh was conscripted for the military service in June 2015.

The press service for the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan also claims ‘two Armenian soldiers were killed in a response fire and four were wounded.’

However, the spokesperson for the Defence Army of the NKR, Senor Hasratyan, denied the information about losses of the Armenian side to Razm.info and said ‘this is yet another propagandistic and groundless false information.’

According to Razm.info, this is the 90th known case of death in the Armed Forces and other agencies of the sphere in Azerbaijan in 2015.

The Defence Army of the NKR said the adversary side suffered 13 killed and over 30 injured on the line of contact between Karabakh and Azerbaijani troops during clashes between 13 and 19 December. Retreating, the Azerbaijani side left items of special purposes on the battlefield.

The press service of the Defence Ministry of Armenia said the Azerbaijani side continued provocations and intensive shooting along the whole length of the line of contact of Karabakh and Azerbaijani forces on 19 December and through the night of 20 December. This comes despite the fact that Ilham Aliyev, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Army, expressed support to the steps taken by the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group to reduce the risk of violence along the Line of Contact and Armenia-Azerbaijan border during yesterday’s presidential meeting in Bern. Over the above-mentioned period, the adversary side used small arms of different types and mortar weapons, many cases of using tanks were also registered. As a result of retreating, the Azerbaijani troops enhanced the depth and intensity of fire. Over 200 cases of firing including more than 1800 shots were registered. The leadership of the Defence Ministry of Armenia informed Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office about this. For his part, he told it to the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.