Armenpress: Armenian serviceman killed in Azeri cross-border shooting

23:08, 21 August 2023

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. An Armenian serviceman was killed Monday when Azerbaijani troops opened cross-border gunfire, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

“On August 21, at around 3:30 p.m., the units of the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire against the Armenian combat outposts nearby Akhpradzor, in the wake of which a serviceman of the N military unit of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defence Vanik Aram Ghazaryan was fatally wounded. The Ministry of Defence extends its deepest condolences to the next of kin, relatives, and co-servicemembers of V. Ghazaryan,” the ministry said.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS