Azerbaijani forces killed an Armenian soldier on the frontline in Nagorny Karabakh on Sunday, the separatist Karabakh defence ministry said. The shooting of the 19-year-old conscript followed the killing of another teenage Armenian conscript on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.
"The latest incident proves once again that the Azerbaijani side not only does not respect the international community's efforts aimed at a peaceful solution to the problem, but also exacerbates tensions in the region," the statement said. The conscript's death brings the reported total of soldiers killed to 21 this year amid regular exchanges of gunfire between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops along the volatile Karabakh cease-fire line.