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REPORTS: AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER KILLED IN CONFLICTS WITH ARMENIA
Sun Yunlong
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn
March 10 2008
China
MOSCOW, March 10 (Xinhua) -- One Azerbaijani soldier was killed
and another one wounded in a conflict with Armenian troops Sunday,
Russian news agencies reported Monday.
The 19-year-old soldier, Ramin Ismailov, was killed in a "violation of
the ceasefire by the Armenian side" near the separation line between
the two Caucasus states that have long been in territory disputes,
Interfax said, citing sources of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
There were no immediate comments available from the Armenian side on
the reports.
Armed conflict broke out in the early 1990s between Azerbaijan and
Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region's status after it declared
independence, which was not recognized by the international community.
Nagorno-Karabakh, a northwest region in Azerbaijan, was populated
mostly by ethnic Armenians.
A Russian-brokered ceasefire halted the fighting in 1994, but the
dispute remains unresolved.
Military clashes, however, broke out again last week near the region
and caused casualties.
Sun Yunlong
Xinhua
www.chinaview.cn
March 10 2008
China
MOSCOW, March 10 (Xinhua) -- One Azerbaijani soldier was killed
and another one wounded in a conflict with Armenian troops Sunday,
Russian news agencies reported Monday.
The 19-year-old soldier, Ramin Ismailov, was killed in a "violation of
the ceasefire by the Armenian side" near the separation line between
the two Caucasus states that have long been in territory disputes,
Interfax said, citing sources of the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
There were no immediate comments available from the Armenian side on
the reports.
Armed conflict broke out in the early 1990s between Azerbaijan and
Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region's status after it declared
independence, which was not recognized by the international community.
Nagorno-Karabakh, a northwest region in Azerbaijan, was populated
mostly by ethnic Armenians.
A Russian-brokered ceasefire halted the fighting in 1994, but the
dispute remains unresolved.
Military clashes, however, broke out again last week near the region
and caused casualties.