On December 9 President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree, posthumously awarding private of NKR Defense Army’s N division Garik Ispiryan with the “For Service in Battle” medal for bravery shown during the defense of the NKR state border, President’s Press Office reports.
Private of the NKR Defense Army Garik Ispiryan, born in 1995, was shot dead as a result of firing from the Azerbaijani side in the direction of the Armenian positions at the eastern section of the line of contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan on December 8.
