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World Bulletin, Turkey
Aug 9 2014
Russia to mediate Azeri-Armenian talks over border
The presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are in Sochi to try
to resolve recent border clashes.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Azerbaijan's President Ilham
Aliyev ahead of talks to resolve the latest outbreak of fighting on
Azerbaijan's border with the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the
Kremlin press office said.
Putin also met Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan separately in Sochi
on Saturday and the three leaders will meet for tripartite talks
later.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war over
Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994.
Since then there have been sporadic outbreaks of violence along the
border between Azerbaijan and the Armenian-majority enclave but the
fighting has intensified since the beginning of August, with a growing
number of casualties.
The last key agreement on a peaceful settlement to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was signed in Moscow in 2008.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire in 1994 but never agreed a
peace settlement and Nagorno-Karabakh is still unrecognized. The two
countries have no diplomatic relations.
Wounded Azeri troops treated in Turkey
Three seriously wounded Azeri soldiers have been transferred to Turkey
for medical treatment, the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency
has reported.
The troops were injured in intense clashes between Azeri and Armenian
forces over the disputed border between the two countries. In the
fiercest fighting since violence broke out on August 1, 13 Azeri
soldiers were killed and scores injured.
The agency, known by the acronym TIKA, flew the soldiers into Turkey
for urgent medical care. Baku coordinator Mustafa Hasim Polat said the
evacuation demonstrated Turkey's support for Azerbaijan.
Azeri lawmaker Melahat Hasanova said the gesture was a "symbol of
union and brotherhood."
After a six-year war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the
two former Soviet republics reached a ceasefire in 1994. The truce has
been disrupted by sporadic cross-border incidents but the clashes of
the past week have seen the greatest number of casualties in 20 years.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/142214/russia-to-mediate-azeri-armenian-talks-over-border
Aug 9 2014
Russia to mediate Azeri-Armenian talks over border
The presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are in Sochi to try
to resolve recent border clashes.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met Azerbaijan's President Ilham
Aliyev ahead of talks to resolve the latest outbreak of fighting on
Azerbaijan's border with the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the
Kremlin press office said.
Putin also met Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan separately in Sochi
on Saturday and the three leaders will meet for tripartite talks
later.
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two former Soviet republics, fought a war over
Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994.
Since then there have been sporadic outbreaks of violence along the
border between Azerbaijan and the Armenian-majority enclave but the
fighting has intensified since the beginning of August, with a growing
number of casualties.
The last key agreement on a peaceful settlement to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was signed in Moscow in 2008.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire in 1994 but never agreed a
peace settlement and Nagorno-Karabakh is still unrecognized. The two
countries have no diplomatic relations.
Wounded Azeri troops treated in Turkey
Three seriously wounded Azeri soldiers have been transferred to Turkey
for medical treatment, the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency
has reported.
The troops were injured in intense clashes between Azeri and Armenian
forces over the disputed border between the two countries. In the
fiercest fighting since violence broke out on August 1, 13 Azeri
soldiers were killed and scores injured.
The agency, known by the acronym TIKA, flew the soldiers into Turkey
for urgent medical care. Baku coordinator Mustafa Hasim Polat said the
evacuation demonstrated Turkey's support for Azerbaijan.
Azeri lawmaker Melahat Hasanova said the gesture was a "symbol of
union and brotherhood."
After a six-year war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the
two former Soviet republics reached a ceasefire in 1994. The truce has
been disrupted by sporadic cross-border incidents but the clashes of
the past week have seen the greatest number of casualties in 20 years.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/world/142214/russia-to-mediate-azeri-armenian-talks-over-border