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One of the four Armenian servicemen seriously wounded in the Azerbaijani attack on the Armenian positions at the Gegharkunik border section on Wednesday remains in critical condition, Armenia’s acting Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan told reporters on Thursday.

She refrained from replying to a question about whether or not she had visited the injured soldiers. She only said that they maintain constant contact with the military doctors.

Avanesyan said that the wounded soldiers are being treated at the military hospital, but provided no details of the injuries they have sustained.

"I answered what I considered necessary,” she said, urging reporters to follow the statements of the Defense Ministry.

Three Armenian soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in border clashes provoked by the Azerbaijani forces on Wednesday.

Breaching the ceasefire, the Azerbaijani military once again opened fire at the Armenian positions stationed at the Gegharkunik section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on Thursday, at around 8:40am, the Defense Ministry said.

A short shootout followed. One Armenian serviceman, said to be a senior lieutenant, sustained a gunshot wound as a result of the fresh Azerbaijani provocation, the ministry said.