On May 10 and 11, there was a skirmish between the two countries' armed forces on the delimited border line of Azerbaijan and Armenia. The shooting on the front line, which has been calm lately, coincides with the expected meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia on May 14 in Brussels and when Igor Khovaev, the Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Minister, held talks with the country's officials in Yerevan on May 10 about the settlement of the long lasting conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

According to the Press Service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, in the evening of May 10, units of the Armenian armed forces deliberately provoked by intensively firing different types of firearms against the positions of the Azerbaijani Army from their positions located in the direction of Sotk village of Vardenis district. 

"As a result of targeted fire from the other side, overtime military servicemen of the Azerbaijan Army, Orkhan Novruzelizade, were killed, and Muslim Mahmudlu was seriously wounded in the head," it said. 

The Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported that starting at 6 AM [local time] on May 11, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces fired artillery and mortars at the positions of the Armenian Army located in the direction of Sotk. "Azerbaijan continues to fire at the positions of Armenia. Units of the Armed Forces of Armenia take appropriate protective and preventive measures. There are four wounded from the Armenian side," the report added.

As of the evening of May 11, one Azerbaijani soldier was known to have been killed. The exchanges of fire on the front line have not yet subsided. 

On May 11, Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the Russian President, pointed to the tense situation on the border and said that Russia called on the parties to exercise restraint. "You know that the contacts are continuing; a day ago, Putin (Vladimir) spoke separately with the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, who was in Moscow on the occasion of Victory Day, and the contacts with the Azerbaijani side are also continuing. Russia will continue to perform its functions under the tripartite documents. Of course, we expect a restrained approach from the parties and urge them not to take any steps that could lead to an increase in tension," Peskov added.