YEREVAN. May 20 (Interfax) - The Armenian media reported on Monday Azeri shooting at the helicopter of Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian.
The media said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon when the minister was flying to Yerevan from a military unit deployed in northeastern Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan.
No traces from bullets have been found on the helicopter, the minister's press secretary Artsrun Hovannisian told reporters.
"I cannot say whether the minister's helicopter came under fire or not. But I can assure you no traces of bullets were found on the helicopter," Hovannisian said.
He was asked whether such incidents had happened before. "The minister visits the frontline rather frequently, so such incidents have happened before," he said.