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AZERBAIJAN ACCUSES ARMENIA OF KILLING FIVE SOLDIERS
BBC
5 June 2012
The defence ministry of Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of shooting
dead five of its soldiers on their border, a day after three Armenians
were killed.
Armenian "saboteurs" killed four soldiers in one incident and a
fifth Azerbaijani soldier was shot dead in another, the ministry said
in Baku.
There was no immediate comment from Armenia, which fought a war with
its fellow ex-Soviet state in the 1990s.
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for
restraint.
She arrived in Georgia on Tuesday from Armenia, with a visit to
Azerbaijan scheduled for Wednesday.
A formal ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia since their war
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh is looking increasingly
fragile.
Fragile truce
A statement from the Azerbaijani defence ministry said an "Armenian
sabotage group" had tried to enter Azerbaijani military positions at
around 06:30 (0130 GMT) on Tuesday in the village of Asagi Askipara,
in the Qazax district of western Azerbaijan.
"However, they sustained casualties and retreated," it said. Four
Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the fighting, it added.
The fifth Azerbaijani soldier was killed in a separate shooting
incident in Qazax District, the ministry said, without giving details.
Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of killing three of its soldiers on
Monday near the villages of Berdavan and Chinar in the Tovuz district,
which borders Qazax.
The Azerbaijani defence ministry denied killing the three soldiers.
The two former Soviet republics fought a bloody war over the disputed
region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s.
A formal ceasefire is now looking increasingly fragile.
Speaking in Armenia on Monday, Mrs Clinton said: "I am very concerned
by these incidents and have called on all parties, all actors, to
refrain from the use or threat of force.
"There is a danger that it could escalate into a much broader conflict
that would be very tragic for everyone concerned."
BBC
5 June 2012
The defence ministry of Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of shooting
dead five of its soldiers on their border, a day after three Armenians
were killed.
Armenian "saboteurs" killed four soldiers in one incident and a
fifth Azerbaijani soldier was shot dead in another, the ministry said
in Baku.
There was no immediate comment from Armenia, which fought a war with
its fellow ex-Soviet state in the 1990s.
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for
restraint.
She arrived in Georgia on Tuesday from Armenia, with a visit to
Azerbaijan scheduled for Wednesday.
A formal ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia since their war
over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh is looking increasingly
fragile.
Fragile truce
A statement from the Azerbaijani defence ministry said an "Armenian
sabotage group" had tried to enter Azerbaijani military positions at
around 06:30 (0130 GMT) on Tuesday in the village of Asagi Askipara,
in the Qazax district of western Azerbaijan.
"However, they sustained casualties and retreated," it said. Four
Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the fighting, it added.
The fifth Azerbaijani soldier was killed in a separate shooting
incident in Qazax District, the ministry said, without giving details.
Armenia has accused Azerbaijan of killing three of its soldiers on
Monday near the villages of Berdavan and Chinar in the Tovuz district,
which borders Qazax.
The Azerbaijani defence ministry denied killing the three soldiers.
The two former Soviet republics fought a bloody war over the disputed
region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 1990s.
A formal ceasefire is now looking increasingly fragile.
Speaking in Armenia on Monday, Mrs Clinton said: "I am very concerned
by these incidents and have called on all parties, all actors, to
refrain from the use or threat of force.
"There is a danger that it could escalate into a much broader conflict
that would be very tragic for everyone concerned."