Baku refutes reports on death of 7 Azerbaijani servicemen in clashes on border with Armenia

BAKU. Dec 29 (Interfax) - Information on the death of seven Azerbaijani servicemen during an armed clash on the border with Armenia is not true, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

"The Armenian side is spreading false information about Azerbaijan's loss of seven servicemen while suppressing a sabotage sortie to the Azerbaijani territory carried out by a reconnaissance group of the Armenian Armed Forces. This information has no basis," the ministry told Interfax.