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FIVE AZERI SOLDIERS KILLED IN BORDER CLASHES WITH ARMENIA
Press TV
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/06/05/244745/azeri-soldiers-armenia-border-clash-kill/
June 5 2012
Iran
Tensions rise in the Caucasus region after five Azerbaijani soldiers
were killed and several more wounded in border clashes with Armenian
forces.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry blamed the Tuesday fighting on "a
group of Armenian saboteurs" who attempted to penetrate the Azeri
military positions in the northwestern town of Gazakh, AFP reported.
The Armenian side, however, accused Azerbaijan of causing the violence,
saying that "a subversive group of 15 to 20 people attempted to
infiltrate Armenian territory".
On Monday, Yerevan claimed Azeri forces had killed three of its
soldiers and wounded six more after an attempted incursion ended in
a gun battle on the border.
Baku, however, denied the allegation.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have long been at loggerheads over control of
Nagorno- Karabakh.
Some 30,000 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands of people
were displaced in both countries in a war between the neighbors in
the 1990s, which saw Armenia-backed separatists take the mountainous
territory.
Years of negotiations since the 1994 ceasefire has failed yield a
final peace deal, with frequent exchanges of gunfire reported along
the front line.
Azerbaijan has threatened to use force to take back Karabakh if peace
talks fail to yield satisfactory results, but Armenia has warned of
large-scale retaliation against any military action.
The Tuesday violence erupted as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
is visiting the volatile Caucasus region. Clinton expressed concern
over the rising tensions and warned the use of force will not resolve
the long-running territorial conflict between the two neighbors.
Press TV
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/06/05/244745/azeri-soldiers-armenia-border-clash-kill/
June 5 2012
Iran
Tensions rise in the Caucasus region after five Azerbaijani soldiers
were killed and several more wounded in border clashes with Armenian
forces.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry blamed the Tuesday fighting on "a
group of Armenian saboteurs" who attempted to penetrate the Azeri
military positions in the northwestern town of Gazakh, AFP reported.
The Armenian side, however, accused Azerbaijan of causing the violence,
saying that "a subversive group of 15 to 20 people attempted to
infiltrate Armenian territory".
On Monday, Yerevan claimed Azeri forces had killed three of its
soldiers and wounded six more after an attempted incursion ended in
a gun battle on the border.
Baku, however, denied the allegation.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have long been at loggerheads over control of
Nagorno- Karabakh.
Some 30,000 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands of people
were displaced in both countries in a war between the neighbors in
the 1990s, which saw Armenia-backed separatists take the mountainous
territory.
Years of negotiations since the 1994 ceasefire has failed yield a
final peace deal, with frequent exchanges of gunfire reported along
the front line.
Azerbaijan has threatened to use force to take back Karabakh if peace
talks fail to yield satisfactory results, but Armenia has warned of
large-scale retaliation against any military action.
The Tuesday violence erupted as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
is visiting the volatile Caucasus region. Clinton expressed concern
over the rising tensions and warned the use of force will not resolve
the long-running territorial conflict between the two neighbors.