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TENSION ESCALATES ON AZERBAIJANI-ARMENIAN BORDER
World Bulletin, Turkey
Aug 6 2014
An Azerbaijani soldier and two children have been injured in border
clashes after Armenian soldiers violate ceasefire.
World Bulletin / News Desk
An Azerbaijani soldier and two children have been injured in border
clashes with Armenian forces on Wednesday, according to Azeri news
agency APA.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense stated that Armenian soldiers
violated a ceasefire for the 99th time by opening fire on the Azeri
area in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave and other provinces
in Azerbaijan.
The wounded 20-year-old Ferhad Rahimov, an Azerbaijani soldier,
10-year-old Goshgar Abbasov from Aghstafa and 14-year-old Serhan
Ismayilov from Tovuz are being treated in hospital and their conditions
are stable, the APA said.
The Azerbaijani army in a move to shield against fire from Armenian
armed forces have begun digging ditches and constructing soil
barricades.
Azerbaijan also said it will shoot down any military plane that
attempts to breach its national air zone, said the country's defense
ministry on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Azerbaijani
air zone was under the control of the country's air forces and they
dismissed reports that claimed "Armenian warplanes are flying over
the Azerbaijani border."
"Any flight without permission of Azerbaijan will be considered to be
in violation of the country's air zone and the air forces have modern
defense systems to respond to the violators," said the statement.
The tension between the two countries came to the forefront of
the world's agenda in recent days after a total of 13 Azerbaijani
soldiers were killed by Armenian forces that violated the twenty-year
Russian-brokered truce.
The two former Soviet republics fought a six-year war over the
disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994. In 1994
a ceasefire was agreed, which has been periodically disrupted by
cross-border incidents.
The clashes over the past week have seen the highest number of
casualties since the 1994 ceasefire.
In another incident, press members reached the remotest military
position on the Azerbaijani border and tried to take some video footage
of the Armenian soldiers over the concrete walls erected on the border.
Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders will table the issue of
Nagorno-Karabakh and the fragile truce in Russian Black Sea resort
of Sochi at the weekend.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet separately with Azerbaijan's
Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan in a bid to resolve the
tension between the two sides.
World Bulletin, Turkey
Aug 6 2014
An Azerbaijani soldier and two children have been injured in border
clashes after Armenian soldiers violate ceasefire.
World Bulletin / News Desk
An Azerbaijani soldier and two children have been injured in border
clashes with Armenian forces on Wednesday, according to Azeri news
agency APA.
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense stated that Armenian soldiers
violated a ceasefire for the 99th time by opening fire on the Azeri
area in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave and other provinces
in Azerbaijan.
The wounded 20-year-old Ferhad Rahimov, an Azerbaijani soldier,
10-year-old Goshgar Abbasov from Aghstafa and 14-year-old Serhan
Ismayilov from Tovuz are being treated in hospital and their conditions
are stable, the APA said.
The Azerbaijani army in a move to shield against fire from Armenian
armed forces have begun digging ditches and constructing soil
barricades.
Azerbaijan also said it will shoot down any military plane that
attempts to breach its national air zone, said the country's defense
ministry on Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Azerbaijani
air zone was under the control of the country's air forces and they
dismissed reports that claimed "Armenian warplanes are flying over
the Azerbaijani border."
"Any flight without permission of Azerbaijan will be considered to be
in violation of the country's air zone and the air forces have modern
defense systems to respond to the violators," said the statement.
The tension between the two countries came to the forefront of
the world's agenda in recent days after a total of 13 Azerbaijani
soldiers were killed by Armenian forces that violated the twenty-year
Russian-brokered truce.
The two former Soviet republics fought a six-year war over the
disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994. In 1994
a ceasefire was agreed, which has been periodically disrupted by
cross-border incidents.
The clashes over the past week have seen the highest number of
casualties since the 1994 ceasefire.
In another incident, press members reached the remotest military
position on the Azerbaijani border and tried to take some video footage
of the Armenian soldiers over the concrete walls erected on the border.
Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders will table the issue of
Nagorno-Karabakh and the fragile truce in Russian Black Sea resort
of Sochi at the weekend.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet separately with Azerbaijan's
Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan in a bid to resolve the
tension between the two sides.