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AZERBAIJANI FORCES KILL KARABAKH SOLDIER: SEPARATISTS
Agence France Presse
January 20, 2015 Tuesday 9:55 AM GMT
Yerevan, 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.
Agence France Presse
January 20, 2015 Tuesday 9:55 AM GMT
Yerevan, 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.