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AZERBAIJANI OFFICER KILLED BY ARMENIAN FORCES NEAR KARABAKH: OFFICIAL
Agence France Presse -- English
October 8, 2007 Monday 12:02 PM GMT
Armenian forces have killed an Azerbaijani military officer near the
disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh, the Azerbaijani defence ministry
said Monday.
Lieutenant Bulkhasan Melikov was killed when Armenian forces opened
fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Agdam region on Sunday, violating
a ceasefire, defence ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu said.
Armenian forces seized control of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in the early 1990s, in a war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives
and forced about a million people on both sides to flee their homes.
The two sides signed a ceasefire in 1994 but the two countries have
cut direct economic and transport links and failed to negotiate a
settlement on the region's status.
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are spread across a ceasefire line in
and around Nagorny Karabakh, often facing each other at close range,
and shootings are common.
Agence France Presse -- English
October 8, 2007 Monday 12:02 PM GMT
Armenian forces have killed an Azerbaijani military officer near the
disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh, the Azerbaijani defence ministry
said Monday.
Lieutenant Bulkhasan Melikov was killed when Armenian forces opened
fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Agdam region on Sunday, violating
a ceasefire, defence ministry spokesman Eldar Sabiroglu said.
Armenian forces seized control of Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in the early 1990s, in a war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives
and forced about a million people on both sides to flee their homes.
The two sides signed a ceasefire in 1994 but the two countries have
cut direct economic and transport links and failed to negotiate a
settlement on the region's status.
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces are spread across a ceasefire line in
and around Nagorny Karabakh, often facing each other at close range,
and shootings are common.