An Armenian soldier was killed Tuesday in a border shootout with Azerbaijani forces, Armenia's defence ministry said, with tensions still high after last autumn's war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh district. "One servicemen has been killed as a result of a shootout that followed the opening of fire by Azerbaijani troops" at a border position in eastern Armenia, the ministry said, adding that the situation was now "calm". mkh-im/mm/ach