Armenian sapper hits mine in Tavush

Armenian Defence Ministry Spokesman Aram Torosyan has said that an Armenian serviceman exploded on a mine near the village of Kirants (Guney) in Tavush (Tovuzgala).

"The serviceman was wounded in a mine explosion. According to preliminary data, his life is out of danger," Torosyan said, Caliber.Az reports, citing Armenian media.

Earlier, a resident of Kirants village in Tavush region informed Armenian media about the bombing of a sapper during demining works.

To remind, on April 19, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said after the eighth meeting of the state commissions that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to start delimitation from the Tavush (Tovuzgala) region and to finalise the agreement on the draft regulation on joint activities of the delimitation commissions by July 1. Since the evening of the same day, residents of Armenian border villages, dissatisfied with the agreements between Yerevan and Baku, have been holding protests.

As part of the delimitation process, the Armenian Armed Forces are demining the territory.