An Armenian solder suffered a minor injury in the exchange of fire in the direction of Nakhichevan on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, as the Armenian military prevented the adversary from conducting engineering works in the section on Saturday night and Sunday morning, Spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry Artsrun Hovhannisyan said in a post on Facebook.

“Last night and this morning the Azerbaijani military tried to carry out engineering and fortification works at some sections of the border in the direction of Nakhichevan. The Armenian Armed Forces opened retaliatory fire and prevented the adversary from fulfilling its task,” he wrote.

According to the spokesman, one of the Azerbaijani defense positions was completely destroyed and burnt down as a result of the Armenian fire.

An Armenian contract serviceman identified as Vahagn Baghdasaryan (born in 1974) was slightly injured in the shootout, he said.