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AZERBAIJANI TROOPS REPORTED KILLED IN ARMENIA BORDER CLASHES
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/content/azerbaijan-troops-reported-killed-armenia-border-clashes/1178755.html
June 5 2012
Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of killing five Azerbaijani soldiers
in a second day of violence at the common border.
This brings to eight the death toll in the border clashes since
Monday. Armenia said Monday that three of its soldiers were killed.
Several people on both sides have been wounded in the exchange of fire.
The most recent Azerbaijani-Armenian border violence has flared up
at the time when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting
south Caucasus. During a stop in Armenia Monday, she decried the
senseless deaths of young soldiers and innocent civilians. She also
warned that continued fighting could turn into a broader regional
conflict. Clinton is due in Azerbaijan Wednesday.
Azerbaijan's foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov said the two sides
will meet in Paris June 18. An OSCE (Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe) panel will participate in the talks, which are
expected to look into the clashes and seek a long-term solution. The
so-called Minsk group, co-chaired by France, Russia and the United
States, has been mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks between
the two rivals.
Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a six year war over the mostly
Armenian speaking enclave of Nargorno-Karabakh which is located
inside Azerbaijan. Before the end of the war in 1994, some 30,000
people were killed and more than a million became displaced, mostly
in Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied the territory since the war ended.
Despite the 1994 ceasefire sporadic border clashes have continued
and a permanent peace deal has yet to be signed.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.
Voice of America
http://www.voanews.com/content/azerbaijan-troops-reported-killed-armenia-border-clashes/1178755.html
June 5 2012
Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of killing five Azerbaijani soldiers
in a second day of violence at the common border.
This brings to eight the death toll in the border clashes since
Monday. Armenia said Monday that three of its soldiers were killed.
Several people on both sides have been wounded in the exchange of fire.
The most recent Azerbaijani-Armenian border violence has flared up
at the time when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting
south Caucasus. During a stop in Armenia Monday, she decried the
senseless deaths of young soldiers and innocent civilians. She also
warned that continued fighting could turn into a broader regional
conflict. Clinton is due in Azerbaijan Wednesday.
Azerbaijan's foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov said the two sides
will meet in Paris June 18. An OSCE (Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe) panel will participate in the talks, which are
expected to look into the clashes and seek a long-term solution. The
so-called Minsk group, co-chaired by France, Russia and the United
States, has been mediating the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks between
the two rivals.
Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a six year war over the mostly
Armenian speaking enclave of Nargorno-Karabakh which is located
inside Azerbaijan. Before the end of the war in 1994, some 30,000
people were killed and more than a million became displaced, mostly
in Azerbaijan. Armenia has occupied the territory since the war ended.
Despite the 1994 ceasefire sporadic border clashes have continued
and a permanent peace deal has yet to be signed.
Some information for this report was provided by AP.