Tensions between Azerbaijanis and Armenians in the region intensified on Wednesday. © Karen Minasyan/AFP (file) Author: Lusa Russia expressed this Thursday “extremely concerned” about the latest escalation of tensions that left three dead in Nagorno-Karabakh, the separatist region in territory backed by Azerbaijan, and called for “containment”. “We are extremely concerned about the escalation of […]
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia expresses ‘extreme concern’ and calls for restraint
“We are deeply concerned about the escalation of tensions (…) and we call on the parties to exercise restraint and respect the ceasefire,” Russian diplomacy said in a statement, indicating that Moscow remains in “close contact” with Baku and Yerevan to “stabilize” the situation on the ground. “Russian peacekeepers will make all necessary efforts to […]
Azerbaijani soldier and two Armenian fighters killed in Nagorno-Karabakh
© Tofik Babayev/AFP (file) Author: TSF with Lusa An Azerbaijani soldier and an Armenian fighter were killed today near Nagorno-Karabakh, the South Caucasus-backed separatist enclave that remains unstable after a war in late 2020, the two sides said. On Wednesday morning, “heavy fire” was directed at Azerbaijani army positions in Latchin district, a buffer zone […]
Armenia asks the world to stop Azerbaijan’s ‘aggressive actions’
Armenia on Wednesday urged the international community to help stop Azerbaijan’s “aggressive actions” after an outbreak of violence between neighbors in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region that killed three soldiers. Yerevan “calls on the international community to take measures to prevent Azerbaijan’s aggressive actions and attitudes and to activate the necessary mechanisms to do so,” the […]