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  • Azeri Soldier Killed In Karabakh Ceasefire Violation: Claim

    AZERI SOLDIER KILLED IN KARABAKH CEASEFIRE VIOLATION: CLAIM

    Agence France Presse -- English
    April 3, 2006 Monday 10:59 AM GMT

    Azerbaijan accused Armenian forces Monday of killing an Azeri soldier
    in the latest shooting incident on the ceasefire line separating the
    two armies around Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Azerbaijan's defence ministry said that Armenian soldiers opened fire
    Sunday on Azeri positions near the village of Ashagy Abdulrakhmanly
    in the Fizuli region. "As a result, two servicemen were wounded,"
    the ministry said. "Later, (one) died of his wounds."

    Positions near another frontline village also came under fire,
    although without causing casualties, according to the ministry.

    The two south Caucasian republics have observed a tense ceasefire since
    1994, following the expulsion of Azeri forces and all ethnic-Azeris by
    Armenian-backed separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was a majority
    ethnic-Armenian province in Azerbaijan.

    Minor violations are reported regularly along Nagorno Karabakh's
    eastern border and along other frontlines running through
    Armenian-occupied Azerbaijan. The internationally backed negotiating
    process is at an impasse following the failure to make progress at
    high-level talks near Paris in February.

    Azerbaijan has also accused Armenia of deadly shooting incidents
    on March 7 and March 30. Armenia said that one of its soldiers was
    killed March 3.
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