MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition Pativ Unem bloc has reacted to the killing of an Armenian soldier by Azerbaijani gunfire near the town of Vardenis and the fatal shooting in Aparan on Sunday.

"In parallel with safeguarding the lives of our servicemen on the border, we must protect them inside the country as well,” he wrote on Facebook on Monday.

“Only after solving these problems can we think about defending the borders and overcoming security threats.

“The internal and external Turks are in fierce competition to create more threats for Armenia and Artsakh,” Abrahamyan said.