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Jan 20 2015
Azerbaijani forces violate ceasfire, kill ethnic Armenian soldier
AFP Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015
Azerbaijani troops on Tuesday killed an ethnic Armenian soldier in a
fresh clash along the frontline with the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh
region, separatist authorities said.
Karabakh soldier Suren Pilosian, 19, "was fatally wounded when the
Azerbaijani army violated the ceasefire" along the region's volatile
frontier, the self-declared republic's defence ministry said in a
statement.
Azerbaijan is locked in a decades-long conflict with Armenia over the
disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, an ethnic Armenian enclave in
Azerbaijan. Last year saw an unprecedented spate of violence with the
arch-foes regularly exchanging fire across their border and along the
Karabakh frontline, sparking fears of a major escalation in the
conflict.
Ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of the
territory during a 1990s war that left some 30,000 dead, and no peace
deal has yet been signed. Baku, whose military spending exceeds
Armenia's entire state budget, has threatened to take back the region
by force if negotiations fail to yield results.
Armenia, which is heavily armed by Russia, says it could crush any offensive.
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Jan 20 2015
Azerbaijani forces violate ceasfire, kill ethnic Armenian soldier
AFP Tuesday, Jan 20, 2015
Azerbaijani troops on Tuesday killed an ethnic Armenian soldier in a
fresh clash along the frontline with the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh
region, separatist authorities said.
Karabakh soldier Suren Pilosian, 19, "was fatally wounded when the
Azerbaijani army violated the ceasefire" along the region's volatile
frontier, the self-declared republic's defence ministry said in a
statement.
Azerbaijan is locked in a decades-long conflict with Armenia over the
disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, an ethnic Armenian enclave in
Azerbaijan. Last year saw an unprecedented spate of violence with the
arch-foes regularly exchanging fire across their border and along the
Karabakh frontline, sparking fears of a major escalation in the
conflict.
Ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of the
territory during a 1990s war that left some 30,000 dead, and no peace
deal has yet been signed. Baku, whose military spending exceeds
Armenia's entire state budget, has threatened to take back the region
by force if negotiations fail to yield results.
Armenia, which is heavily armed by Russia, says it could crush any offensive.
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