Azerbaijani army officer found dead near Armenia’s state border
A soldier of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces was found dead on Thursday morning at the neutral zone in front of a defense position stationed in the south-western sector of the Armenian state border.
The dead soldier was reportedly an Azerbaijani army captain and company commander, who had fled a military unit after a reported crime, the Armenian Ministry of Defense reported.
The ministry expresses its readiness to hand over the soldier’s body to the Azerbaijani side through the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Other details of the incident are under clarification.