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AZERI RAID KILLS KARABAKH SOLDIER: SEPARATISTS
Agence France Presse
January 20, 2014 Monday 9:49 AM GMT
YEREVAN, Jan 20 2014
Azerbaijani forces on Monday killed an ethnic Armenian soldier in an
alleged cross-border raid into Nagorny Karabakh, officials from the
Armenian-backed breakaway region said.
Defence forces soldier Armen Hovhannisyan died from gunshot wounds
after a clash with an "Azerbaijani subversive intelligence party"
trying to cross into the territory early Monday, a statement from
the region's defence ministry said.
"After promptly locating the enemy's offensive actions Karabakh
forces undertook organised defensive manoeuvres and succeeded in
pushing the enemy back and inflicting human and material loses,"
the statement said.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in
a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people. Despite years of negotiations
since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides have still not signed a peace
deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the disputed region by force
if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia has vowed to
retaliate against any military action.
Around 20 soldiers from both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides were
reportedly killed last year.
Agence France Presse
January 20, 2014 Monday 9:49 AM GMT
YEREVAN, Jan 20 2014
Azerbaijani forces on Monday killed an ethnic Armenian soldier in an
alleged cross-border raid into Nagorny Karabakh, officials from the
Armenian-backed breakaway region said.
Defence forces soldier Armen Hovhannisyan died from gunshot wounds
after a clash with an "Azerbaijani subversive intelligence party"
trying to cross into the territory early Monday, a statement from
the region's defence ministry said.
"After promptly locating the enemy's offensive actions Karabakh
forces undertook organised defensive manoeuvres and succeeded in
pushing the enemy back and inflicting human and material loses,"
the statement said.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan in
a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people. Despite years of negotiations
since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides have still not signed a peace
deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the disputed region by force
if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia has vowed to
retaliate against any military action.
Around 20 soldiers from both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides were
reportedly killed last year.