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Stepanakert dismisses Azeri reports of destroyed fortification

YEREVAN. May 31

The defense ministry of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)
has dismissed claims by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan about a
defensive fortification in the conflict zone having been destroyed.

"The information about destruction of a defensive fortification of the
NKR defense army is untrue. In fact, no serious violations of the
truce have been registered throughout this day," the NKR defense
ministry said in a statement.

For his part, head of the Military-Medical Department of the Armenian
Armed Forces, Col. Kamavor Khachatryan told journalists on Wednesday
that one NKR serviceman, Alik Avanesyan, was injured in Azeri shelling
last Tuesday.

"The health condition of the injured serviceman has been described as
serious. So far it is not possible to move him to Yerevan," Kachatryan
said.