Confrontations in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2017

The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Azerbaijan's provocative actions on the border are unacceptable.

The PM was present at a meeting in Paris with European Council President Charles Michel.

In a statement, the Armenian government revealed that "the sides discussed various issues on the agenda of cooperation between Armenia and the EU. The situation around Nagorno-Karabakh was touched upon. The prime minister presented the current situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] and called Azerbaijan's provocative actions in recent days unacceptable."

Earlier, the defense ministries of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh region reported the Azerbaijani Armed Forces firing. According to the Armenian side, shelling on March 7 killed one Armenian Armed Forces serviceman and injured another.

Coincidingly, the Kyrgyz border service told Sputnik that a shooting erupted between border officials of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Thursday.

According to the border service, "An incident with the use of weapons occurred on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border."

It is noteworthy that Azerbaijan and Armenia both share a border with Iran, and Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan both share a border with China.

The two nations are both key Russian allies.