Ria Novosti reports that Armenia and Azerbaijan both claimed fatalities after a shootout between soldiers in the region of Nagornoy-Karabakh.Armenian defense ministry spokesman Seiran Shakhsuvaryan said, "An Armenian military serviceman was killed as a result of a shot from the Azerbaijani side at Armenian positions in the Noyemberyansky region at around 8.30 p.m. May 27." However, this was denied by an Azerbaijani Defense Ministry spokesman who said an Azerbaijani soldier was killed.
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny Karabakh, an Azerbaijani region with a largely Armenian population, began in 1988, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.
