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Agence France Presse
February 28, 2015 Saturday 5:55 PM GMT
Azerbaijani forces kill two Armenian troops: rebels
Yerevan, Feb 28 2015
Azerbaijani forces on Saturday killed two ethnic-Armenian servicemen
of the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh army, the separatist defence
ministry said, in the latest clash along the rebel region's volatile
frontline.
"On February 28, Azerbaijani army units attempted a reconnaissance
incursion at the north-eastern sector of the frontline and were
repelled by the Karabakh armed forces," the ministry said in a
statement.
"Two Karabakh army servicemen... were killed in action."
Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in a decades-long conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan.
Despite years of negotiations, the two sides have not signed a final
peace deal, with Karabakh internationally recognised as part of
Azerbaijan.
Clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces intensified again in
January following an unprecedented spiral of violence last year.
At least 13 people from both sides were reported killed and 18 wounded
this year in similar incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and
along the Karabakh frontline.
Ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of
Karabakh and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan during a 1990s war
that left some 30,000 dead.
Baku, whose military spending exceeds Armenia's entire state budget,
has threatened to take back the territories by force if negotiations
fail to yield results.
Armenia, which is heavily armed by Russia, says it could crush any offensive.
From: Baghdasarian
February 28, 2015 Saturday 5:55 PM GMT
Azerbaijani forces kill two Armenian troops: rebels
Yerevan, Feb 28 2015
Azerbaijani forces on Saturday killed two ethnic-Armenian servicemen
of the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh army, the separatist defence
ministry said, in the latest clash along the rebel region's volatile
frontline.
"On February 28, Azerbaijani army units attempted a reconnaissance
incursion at the north-eastern sector of the frontline and were
repelled by the Karabakh armed forces," the ministry said in a
statement.
"Two Karabakh army servicemen... were killed in action."
Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in a decades-long conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan.
Despite years of negotiations, the two sides have not signed a final
peace deal, with Karabakh internationally recognised as part of
Azerbaijan.
Clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces intensified again in
January following an unprecedented spiral of violence last year.
At least 13 people from both sides were reported killed and 18 wounded
this year in similar incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and
along the Karabakh frontline.
Ethnic Armenian separatists backed by Yerevan seized control of
Karabakh and seven adjacent districts of Azerbaijan during a 1990s war
that left some 30,000 dead.
Baku, whose military spending exceeds Armenia's entire state budget,
has threatened to take back the territories by force if negotiations
fail to yield results.
Armenia, which is heavily armed by Russia, says it could crush any offensive.
From: Baghdasarian