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AZERBAIJANI SOLDIER KILLED NEAR KARABAKH: BAKU
Times of Oman
http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=52376&rand=
Nov 28 2011
Mon Nov 28 2011 12:02:16 GMT+0400 (Arabian Standard Time) Oman Time
Azerbaijan: Armenian forces have killed an Azerbaijani soldier on the
frontline near the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh, the defence
ministry in Baku said Monday, amid a recent upsurge in clashes.
"As a result of violations of the ceasefire from the Armenian side...
19-year-old Azerbaijani soldier Elmar Samad Habibzade was killed,"
defence ministry spokesman Teymur Abdullayev told AFP, saying the
incident happened on Saturday.
Tensions have risen along the volatile Karabakh ceasefire line after
the killings of two Armenian conscripts the previous weekend, which
caused the defence ministry in Yerevan to promise retribution.
"The response of the Armenian side to the death of each Armenian
soldier will be disproportionate," the ministry warned last week.
But the defence ministry in Baku denied reports in the Armenian media
that up to seven Azerbaijani troops were killed last week during what
the Karabakh separatist authorities described as "punitive operations".
The latest confirmed death brings the reported total number of soldiers
killed around Karabakh to 22 this year.
Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized the disputed region
from Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s that left some 30,000 people
dead, and despite years of negotiations since the 1994 ceasefire,
the two sides have not signed a final peace deal.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to use force to win back Karabakh
if internationally mediated peace talks fail to yield satisfactory
results, but Yerevan has warned of large-scale retaliation if Baku
launches any military action.
Times of Oman
http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=52376&rand=
Nov 28 2011
Mon Nov 28 2011 12:02:16 GMT+0400 (Arabian Standard Time) Oman Time
Azerbaijan: Armenian forces have killed an Azerbaijani soldier on the
frontline near the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh, the defence
ministry in Baku said Monday, amid a recent upsurge in clashes.
"As a result of violations of the ceasefire from the Armenian side...
19-year-old Azerbaijani soldier Elmar Samad Habibzade was killed,"
defence ministry spokesman Teymur Abdullayev told AFP, saying the
incident happened on Saturday.
Tensions have risen along the volatile Karabakh ceasefire line after
the killings of two Armenian conscripts the previous weekend, which
caused the defence ministry in Yerevan to promise retribution.
"The response of the Armenian side to the death of each Armenian
soldier will be disproportionate," the ministry warned last week.
But the defence ministry in Baku denied reports in the Armenian media
that up to seven Azerbaijani troops were killed last week during what
the Karabakh separatist authorities described as "punitive operations".
The latest confirmed death brings the reported total number of soldiers
killed around Karabakh to 22 this year.
Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized the disputed region
from Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s that left some 30,000 people
dead, and despite years of negotiations since the 1994 ceasefire,
the two sides have not signed a final peace deal.
Azerbaijan has repeatedly threatened to use force to win back Karabakh
if internationally mediated peace talks fail to yield satisfactory
results, but Yerevan has warned of large-scale retaliation if Baku
launches any military action.