BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 1. The serviceman of the Azerbaijan Army Mahammad Taghiyev was wounded as a result of fire opened by the Armenian armed forces units in Zod direction of the Basarkechar region of Armenia, TurkicWorld reports citing the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan.

The serviceman was immediately provided with first aid and evacuated to a military medical facility, the ministry said.

"Currently, the positions of the Azerbaijan Army in the mentioned direction are being subjected to fire. The Azerbaijan Army Units are taking retaliatory measures. We declare that the entire responsibility for the consequences of the provocation committed by the Armenian side falls on the leadership of this country," added the ministry.