As a result of provocation committed by the Armenian armed forces during the night of December 8, serviceman of the Azerbaijan Army Asif Aliyev has been killed on the frontier with Armenia, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
"As a result of another provocation carried out by the Armenian forces, serviceman Asif Aliyev has been killed during the night of December 8 on the Kelbajar direction of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border," the statement reads.
According to the Defense Ministry, "after some appropriate measures taken by the Azerbaijani army, the enemy was suppressed." Baku assigned responsibility for the incident to the Armenian military-political leadership.
