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ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN ON A BRINK OF ANOTHER WAR?
New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/article/armenia-and-azerbaijan-brink-another-war
June 6 2012
New clashes have shaken the volatile region of the Caucasus, with
renewed tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Five Azerbaijani
soldiers and three Armenians were killed in the belligerent border
area.
Baku accused Armenian "saboteurs" for killed Azerbaijani soldiers,
but the Erevan defence ministry denied the accusations, saying the
Azerbaijani troops were attempting to illegally cross the border.
The US State Secretary Hillary Clinton is visiting the strategically
important region of the Caucasus. Following her visit to Erevan and
prior to her arrival to Baku, she urged both sides to restrain from
further clashes. On 6 June she reiterated her calls for a non-violent
resolution of regional disputes.
Baku defence ministry accused an "Armenian sabotage group" of trying
to infiltrate Azerbaijani military positions on 5 June. "However,
they sustained casualties and retreated," the ministry statement reads.
Erevan replied by accusing Azerbaijani forces of attempting to storm
across the Armenian border, twice in two days. Armenian defence
ministry said that a group of 15 to 20 "armed diversionists" from
Azerbaijan had tried to "invade Armenian territory", but that they were
"neutralised".
New Europe
http://www.neurope.eu/article/armenia-and-azerbaijan-brink-another-war
June 6 2012
New clashes have shaken the volatile region of the Caucasus, with
renewed tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Five Azerbaijani
soldiers and three Armenians were killed in the belligerent border
area.
Baku accused Armenian "saboteurs" for killed Azerbaijani soldiers,
but the Erevan defence ministry denied the accusations, saying the
Azerbaijani troops were attempting to illegally cross the border.
The US State Secretary Hillary Clinton is visiting the strategically
important region of the Caucasus. Following her visit to Erevan and
prior to her arrival to Baku, she urged both sides to restrain from
further clashes. On 6 June she reiterated her calls for a non-violent
resolution of regional disputes.
Baku defence ministry accused an "Armenian sabotage group" of trying
to infiltrate Azerbaijani military positions on 5 June. "However,
they sustained casualties and retreated," the ministry statement reads.
Erevan replied by accusing Azerbaijani forces of attempting to storm
across the Armenian border, twice in two days. Armenian defence
ministry said that a group of 15 to 20 "armed diversionists" from
Azerbaijan had tried to "invade Armenian territory", but that they were
"neutralised".