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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange accusations on border ceasefire violations
Tension has been growing sharply in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area
since late July. Both sides numerously violated the ceasefire regime,
inflicting causalities on each other.
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
* Saturday, 09 August, 2014
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged mutual accusations of ceasefire
violations in the border area on Friday as two countries' presidents
set to meet in Russia's Sochi on August 8-9.
"Last night and today in the morning Azerbaijan has once agains
violated ceasefire on several stretches of the state border between
Armenia and Azerbaijan using small arms as well as large-caliber
weapons," the Armenian Defense Ministry said in its statement.
The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan in turn accused Armenia's forces of
opening fire on the Azerbaijani troops in the border area as well as
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone saying that the attack "was
suppressed by return fire."
Tension has been growing sharply in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area
since late July. Both sides numerously violated the ceasefire regime,
inflicting causalities on each other.
The escalation of tensions prompted urgent talks on the issue between
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ilham Aliyev, who are due to begin on Friday their two-day
negotiations on the conflict settlement.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began on February 22, 1988. On November
29, 1989 direct rule in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended and Azerbaijan
regained control of the region. However, a joint session of the
Armenian parliament and the top legislative body of Nagorno-Karabakh
later proclaimed the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.
On December 10, 1991, Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh held a referendum,
boycotted by local Azeris, which approved the creation of an
independent state.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
As of August, 2008, the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group were
attempting to negotiate a full settlement of the conflict. On August
2, 2008, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan travelled to Moscow for talks with Dmitry Medvedev, who
was Russian president at the time. As a result, the three presidents
signed an agreement that calls for talks on a political settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. -- ITAR-TASS
http://famagusta-gazette.com/armenia-azerbaijan-exchange-accusations-on-border-ceasefire-violations-p24764-69.htm
Tension has been growing sharply in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area
since late July. Both sides numerously violated the ceasefire regime,
inflicting causalities on each other.
FAMAGUSTA GAZETTE
* Saturday, 09 August, 2014
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged mutual accusations of ceasefire
violations in the border area on Friday as two countries' presidents
set to meet in Russia's Sochi on August 8-9.
"Last night and today in the morning Azerbaijan has once agains
violated ceasefire on several stretches of the state border between
Armenia and Azerbaijan using small arms as well as large-caliber
weapons," the Armenian Defense Ministry said in its statement.
The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan in turn accused Armenia's forces of
opening fire on the Azerbaijani troops in the border area as well as
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone saying that the attack "was
suppressed by return fire."
Tension has been growing sharply in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict area
since late July. Both sides numerously violated the ceasefire regime,
inflicting causalities on each other.
The escalation of tensions prompted urgent talks on the issue between
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ilham Aliyev, who are due to begin on Friday their two-day
negotiations on the conflict settlement.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began on February 22, 1988. On November
29, 1989 direct rule in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended and Azerbaijan
regained control of the region. However, a joint session of the
Armenian parliament and the top legislative body of Nagorno-Karabakh
later proclaimed the unification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.
On December 10, 1991, Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh held a referendum,
boycotted by local Azeris, which approved the creation of an
independent state.
The struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh escalated after both Armenia and
Azerbaijan obtained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By the
end of 1993, the conflict had caused thousands of casualties and
created hundreds of thousands of refugees on both sides. An unofficial
ceasefire was reached on May 12, 1994.
As of August, 2008, the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group were
attempting to negotiate a full settlement of the conflict. On August
2, 2008, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan travelled to Moscow for talks with Dmitry Medvedev, who
was Russian president at the time. As a result, the three presidents
signed an agreement that calls for talks on a political settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. -- ITAR-TASS
http://famagusta-gazette.com/armenia-azerbaijan-exchange-accusations-on-border-ceasefire-violations-p24764-69.htm