ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN CLASHES WITH AZERBAIJANI SOLDIERS
Turkish Press
Dec 9 2014
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
BAKU, Azerbaijan - An Armenian soldier has been killed in border
clashes with Azerbaijani forces, according to a statement from the
Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense on Tuesday.
The clashes erupted on Monday between Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers
when an Armenian reconnaissance unit tried to cross the front line
in southern Azerbaijan, the statement said.
The situation is now under the control and the Azerbaijani army
suffered no losses, the statement added.
Armenian officials strongly denied these Azerbaijani statements and
claimed the Azerbaijani army had attacked an Armenian soldier.
On May 12, 1994 a cease-fire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan
and Armenia after two decades of conflict over the disputed territory.
In February 1988, the regional parliament in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is largely populated by ethnic Armenians, voted to declare its
independence from Azerbaijan.
Armenia's parliament voted to recognize the independence, a move that
prompted a forceful evacuation of over 200,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis
from Armenia.
Thousands of Azerbaijani civilians lost their lives in the resulting
conflict. (AA)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/415242/
Turkish Press
Dec 9 2014
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
BAKU, Azerbaijan - An Armenian soldier has been killed in border
clashes with Azerbaijani forces, according to a statement from the
Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense on Tuesday.
The clashes erupted on Monday between Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers
when an Armenian reconnaissance unit tried to cross the front line
in southern Azerbaijan, the statement said.
The situation is now under the control and the Azerbaijani army
suffered no losses, the statement added.
Armenian officials strongly denied these Azerbaijani statements and
claimed the Azerbaijani army had attacked an Armenian soldier.
On May 12, 1994 a cease-fire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan
and Armenia after two decades of conflict over the disputed territory.
In February 1988, the regional parliament in Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is largely populated by ethnic Armenians, voted to declare its
independence from Azerbaijan.
Armenia's parliament voted to recognize the independence, a move that
prompted a forceful evacuation of over 200,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis
from Armenia.
Thousands of Azerbaijani civilians lost their lives in the resulting
conflict. (AA)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news/415242/