An Azeri serviceman aims his weapon at the frontline with the self-defence army of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. File/Reuters

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Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said on Monday that one of its soldiers was killed during a skirmish with Armenian separatists in an attack in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The defence ministry said in a statement that an illegal group of Armenian fighters in territory adjacent to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region carried out the ambush on Sunday.

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"As a result of the attack, a soldier of the Azerbaijan army... was killed," it said, noting another serviceman was wounded but in a stable condition.

Emergencies personnel work in a damaged area following a reportedly Armenian rocket strike on October 4. File/AFP

Asked about media reports on Sunday of a possible clash between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces in the region, Armenian authorities said no such incidents had taken place.

A peace deal mediated by Russia ended in early November six weeks of fighting between Azerbaijan and separatists backed by Armenia for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.