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APA, Azerbaijan
June 22 2010
Azerbaijan says troops from Armenia involved in recent Karabakh fighting
Azerbaijan has said that recent deadly clashes near Nagornyy Karabakh
involved Armenian army servicemen along with troops from the
separatist region.
A spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, Eldar Sabiroglu,
said that most of those killed and wounded in the clashes had come
from Armenia.
"Most of the dead and wounded Armenian servicemen in the 18 June clash
are citizens of Armenia," Sabiroglu said in an interview with the
Azerbaijani news agency APA. "This issue has been raised with
international organizations several times. But there has been no
significant result".
The spokesman blamed Armenia for the clashes, describing them as "provocation".
"If this provocation is not by you, then what are the soldiers with
Armenian citizenship doing in Karabakh?" Sabiroglu asked.
BBCM note: A total of six troops - two Azerbaijani and four Armenian -
have been confirmed killed in two days of clashes near Nagornyy
Karabakh on 18-20 June. Baku says that the Armenian military is
directly involved in the ongoing occupation of Nagornyy Karabakh and
seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts, but Armenia denies this.
From: A. Papazian
June 22 2010
Azerbaijan says troops from Armenia involved in recent Karabakh fighting
Azerbaijan has said that recent deadly clashes near Nagornyy Karabakh
involved Armenian army servicemen along with troops from the
separatist region.
A spokesman for the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence, Eldar Sabiroglu,
said that most of those killed and wounded in the clashes had come
from Armenia.
"Most of the dead and wounded Armenian servicemen in the 18 June clash
are citizens of Armenia," Sabiroglu said in an interview with the
Azerbaijani news agency APA. "This issue has been raised with
international organizations several times. But there has been no
significant result".
The spokesman blamed Armenia for the clashes, describing them as "provocation".
"If this provocation is not by you, then what are the soldiers with
Armenian citizenship doing in Karabakh?" Sabiroglu asked.
BBCM note: A total of six troops - two Azerbaijani and four Armenian -
have been confirmed killed in two days of clashes near Nagornyy
Karabakh on 18-20 June. Baku says that the Armenian military is
directly involved in the ongoing occupation of Nagornyy Karabakh and
seven adjacent Azerbaijani districts, but Armenia denies this.
From: A. Papazian