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Press TV, Iran
Nov 23 2014
Karabakh claims it killed 2 Azeri soldiers
Two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed during an operation by the
forces of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to remove the bodies of
three crew members of a downed Armenian helicopter, the Karabakh army
says.
The army made the announcement in a statement released on Saturday.
"As a result of a special operation, the remains of the crew were
retrieved, as were specific parts of the helicopter," the statement
said.
Earlier this month, Azerbaijan declared that it had downed an Armenian
MI-24 combat helicopter after it "attempted to attack positions of the
Azerbaijani army near [Karabakh's] Agdam district."
However, Yerevan rejected Baku's claim, saying the military helicopter
was merely carrying out a training flight.
The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations claim the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is largely populated by Armenians but located
in Azerbaijan.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control over the enclave, which accounts
for 16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a six-year war
that took place from February 1988 to May 1994.
The conflict left an estimated 30,000 people dead and one million
displaced before the two sides agreed to a ceasefire in 1994. However,
a permanent peace accord has never been inked and the dispute still
remains unsettled.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the region by force if
negotiations between the two sides fail to yield results, while
Armenia has pledged to retaliate against any military action.
MSM/NN/AS
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/11/23/387160/2-azeri-soldiers-killed-near-karabakh/
Nov 23 2014
Karabakh claims it killed 2 Azeri soldiers
Two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed during an operation by the
forces of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to remove the bodies of
three crew members of a downed Armenian helicopter, the Karabakh army
says.
The army made the announcement in a statement released on Saturday.
"As a result of a special operation, the remains of the crew were
retrieved, as were specific parts of the helicopter," the statement
said.
Earlier this month, Azerbaijan declared that it had downed an Armenian
MI-24 combat helicopter after it "attempted to attack positions of the
Azerbaijani army near [Karabakh's] Agdam district."
However, Yerevan rejected Baku's claim, saying the military helicopter
was merely carrying out a training flight.
The two ex-Soviet Caucasus nations claim the territory of
Nagorno-Karabakh, which is largely populated by Armenians but located
in Azerbaijan.
Ethnic Armenian forces took control over the enclave, which accounts
for 16 percent of Azerbaijan, in the early 1990s during a six-year war
that took place from February 1988 to May 1994.
The conflict left an estimated 30,000 people dead and one million
displaced before the two sides agreed to a ceasefire in 1994. However,
a permanent peace accord has never been inked and the dispute still
remains unsettled.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the region by force if
negotiations between the two sides fail to yield results, while
Armenia has pledged to retaliate against any military action.
MSM/NN/AS
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/11/23/387160/2-azeri-soldiers-killed-near-karabakh/