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CLINTON WARNS OF 'DISASTROUS' FALLOUT AS ARMENIANS, AZERIS CLASH
By Helena Bedwell and Zulfugar Agayev
Business Weekly / Bloomberg
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-06/clinton-warns-of-disastrous-fallout-as-armenians-azeris-clash
June 6 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the deadliest
fighting in years between Armenia and Azerbaijan risks "disastrous"
consequences as local clashes overshadowed her visit to the region.
An Armenian soldier was killed early today and two wounded during
an exchange of fire with Azeri troops, which attacked along the
militarized cease-fire line in Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed region's
defense forces said in a statement on their website today. That
brought the three-day death toll between the two former Soviet
republics to nine.
"There is no military solution to this conflict," Clinton told
reporters today in the Azeri capital, Baku, following a June 4 visit
to Armenia. "Everybody should work to keep the peace and comply with
the 1994 cease-fire agreement."
Energy-rich Azerbaijan fought a war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh,
a mostly ethnic Armenian-populated region that broke free of Baku's
control after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clinton,
who is visiting the South Caucasus region this week, said the clashes
could have "disastrous and unpredictable consequences."
Five Azeri soldiers died during a border clash with Armenian troops
yesterday, according to the Azeri Defense Ministry. Armenia's Defense
Ministry said three soldiers were killed a day earlier by Azeris.
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he planned to meet his
Armenian counterpart, Eduard Nalbandian, later this month to try to
reach a settlement after recent tensions.
Nagorno-Karabakh remains a potential flash point in a region where
Russia fought a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 after separatist
tensions flared up. While the hostilities between Armenia and
Azerbaijan largely ended after a Russia- brokered cease-fire in 1994,
the countries have failed to reach a peace agreement. Companies
led by London-based BP Plc (BP/) have invested about $35 billion in
Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields since 1991.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Helena Bedwell and Zulfugar Agayev
Business Weekly / Bloomberg
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-06/clinton-warns-of-disastrous-fallout-as-armenians-azeris-clash
June 6 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the deadliest
fighting in years between Armenia and Azerbaijan risks "disastrous"
consequences as local clashes overshadowed her visit to the region.
An Armenian soldier was killed early today and two wounded during
an exchange of fire with Azeri troops, which attacked along the
militarized cease-fire line in Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed region's
defense forces said in a statement on their website today. That
brought the three-day death toll between the two former Soviet
republics to nine.
"There is no military solution to this conflict," Clinton told
reporters today in the Azeri capital, Baku, following a June 4 visit
to Armenia. "Everybody should work to keep the peace and comply with
the 1994 cease-fire agreement."
Energy-rich Azerbaijan fought a war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh,
a mostly ethnic Armenian-populated region that broke free of Baku's
control after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Clinton,
who is visiting the South Caucasus region this week, said the clashes
could have "disastrous and unpredictable consequences."
Five Azeri soldiers died during a border clash with Armenian troops
yesterday, according to the Azeri Defense Ministry. Armenia's Defense
Ministry said three soldiers were killed a day earlier by Azeris.
Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he planned to meet his
Armenian counterpart, Eduard Nalbandian, later this month to try to
reach a settlement after recent tensions.
Nagorno-Karabakh remains a potential flash point in a region where
Russia fought a five-day war with Georgia in 2008 after separatist
tensions flared up. While the hostilities between Armenia and
Azerbaijan largely ended after a Russia- brokered cease-fire in 1994,
the countries have failed to reach a peace agreement. Companies
led by London-based BP Plc (BP/) have invested about $35 billion in
Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields since 1991.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress