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AZERBAIJANI TROOPS KILL ARMENIAN KARABAKH SOLDIER: SEPARATISTS
Agence France Presse
March 3, 2015 Tuesday 9:13 AM GMT
Yerevan, March 3 2015
An ethnic Armenian soldier from the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region
was killed Tuesday by Azerbaijani troops in a fresh clash along the
breakaway region's frontier, the rebel authorities said.
"Serviceman Arsen Karapetyan, 20, was mortally wounded when Azerbaijani
forces violated the ceasefire at the Karabakh frontline," Karabakh's
defence ministry said in a statement.
Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in a decades-long conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh, a breaway ethnic Armenian region.
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 15 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: A. Papazian
Agence France Presse
March 3, 2015 Tuesday 9:13 AM GMT
Yerevan, March 3 2015
An ethnic Armenian soldier from the separatist Nagorny Karabakh region
was killed Tuesday by Azerbaijani troops in a fresh clash along the
breakaway region's frontier, the rebel authorities said.
"Serviceman Arsen Karapetyan, 20, was mortally wounded when Azerbaijani
forces violated the ceasefire at the Karabakh frontline," Karabakh's
defence ministry said in a statement.
Azerbaijan and Armenia are locked in a decades-long conflict over
Nagorny Karabakh, a breaway ethnic Armenian region.
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 15 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: A. Papazian