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TWO DEAD IN FRESH KARABAKH BORDER CLASHES: SEPARATISTS
Business Recorder
July 12 2014
Sunday, 13 July 2014 00:35
YEREVAN: An ethnic Armenian separatist officer in Nagorny Karabakh
and an Azerbaijani soldier died in the latest raid along the disputed
region's volatile frontline, the rebel defence ministry said on
Saturday.
Several other Azerbaijani soldiers were captured in the fighting,
breakaway Armenian forces said, although Baku has made no comment on
the claims.
A 37-year-old Armenian woman, Movses Gasparian, was seriously wounded
in the shootout, rebels claimed.
At least 18 soldiers have been killed in a surge in violence along
the border since the beginning of the year, with snipers frequently
exchanging fire across the frontier.
Most have died in tit-for-tat commando raids. The dead Armenian
officer was named as 42-year-old Major Sargis Abrahamyan.
The rebels claimed on Thursday that they had captured another
Azerbaijani soldier after a separate raid. Baku, however, said the
man named as captured was not a member of their forces.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in a war that left 30,000 people dead as the Soviet Union collapsed.
Despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides
have yet to sign a peace deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the majority Armenian-inhabited
region by force if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia
has vowed to retaliate against any military action.
http://www.brecorder.com/world/south-asia/183577-two-dead-in-fresh-karabakh-border-clashes-separatists.html
Business Recorder
July 12 2014
Sunday, 13 July 2014 00:35
YEREVAN: An ethnic Armenian separatist officer in Nagorny Karabakh
and an Azerbaijani soldier died in the latest raid along the disputed
region's volatile frontline, the rebel defence ministry said on
Saturday.
Several other Azerbaijani soldiers were captured in the fighting,
breakaway Armenian forces said, although Baku has made no comment on
the claims.
A 37-year-old Armenian woman, Movses Gasparian, was seriously wounded
in the shootout, rebels claimed.
At least 18 soldiers have been killed in a surge in violence along
the border since the beginning of the year, with snipers frequently
exchanging fire across the frontier.
Most have died in tit-for-tat commando raids. The dead Armenian
officer was named as 42-year-old Major Sargis Abrahamyan.
The rebels claimed on Thursday that they had captured another
Azerbaijani soldier after a separate raid. Baku, however, said the
man named as captured was not a member of their forces.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in a war that left 30,000 people dead as the Soviet Union collapsed.
Despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides
have yet to sign a peace deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the majority Armenian-inhabited
region by force if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia
has vowed to retaliate against any military action.
http://www.brecorder.com/world/south-asia/183577-two-dead-in-fresh-karabakh-border-clashes-separatists.html