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    TWO ARMENIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN CLASHES WITH AZERBAIJAN

    NaharNet, Lebanon
    Jan 21 2015

    Azerbaijani forces on Wednesday killed two Armenian soldiers in
    clashes with Armenian troops, officials said as tensions escalated
    over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh.

    "Azerbaijani armed forces attempted to attack Armenia's defensive
    positions" at the Karabakh front line, the breakaway region's defense
    ministry said in a statement.

    The ethnic-Armenian Karabakh army's "serviceman Nahapet Asatrian,
    33, was killed in action."

    In a separate incident across the Armenian-Azerbaijani border,
    35-year-old Armenian army soldier Arman Udumian, "died of mortal
    wounds as Azerbaijan violated ceasefire," the defense ministry in
    Yerevan said.

    Azerbaijan is locked in a years-long conflict with Armenia over
    Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan.

    Sparking fears of a fresh escalation, clashes between Azerbaijani
    and Armenian forces intensified in January following an unprecedented
    spiral of violence last year.

    Two Karabakh soldiers were reportedly killed in similar incidents on
    Tuesday and Saturday.

    Ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of the
    territory during a 1990s war that left some 30,000 dead.

    Despite years of negotiations, the two sides have not yet signed a
    final peace deal, with Karabakh internationally recognized as part
    of Azerbaijan.

    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.

    http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/164064-karabakh-soldier-killed-in-new-clash-with-azerbaijan

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