Tweet
AZERBAIJAN FORCES 'KILL' ARMENIAN SOLDIER IN BORDER CLASH
NaharNet, Lebanon
Aug 23 2013
by Naharnet Newsdesk
Azerbaijani troops shot dead one Armenian soldier and wounded another
along the volatile border between the two countries, the defense
ministry in Yerevan said on Friday.
Private Norair Petrosyan was killed in the incident on Armenia's
south-western border with the autonomous Azerbaijani exclave of
Nakhichevan, said defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovannisyan.
"This latest provocation from the Azerbaijani side is intended to
destabilize the situation and will not go unanswered," Hovannisyan
said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are locked in a festering decades-long feud
over the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people.
Despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides
have still not signed a peace deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the disputed region by force
if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia has vowed to
retaliate against any military action.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/95315-azerbaijan-forces-kill-armenian-soldier-in-border-clash
From: A. Papazian
NaharNet, Lebanon
Aug 23 2013
by Naharnet Newsdesk
Azerbaijani troops shot dead one Armenian soldier and wounded another
along the volatile border between the two countries, the defense
ministry in Yerevan said on Friday.
Private Norair Petrosyan was killed in the incident on Armenia's
south-western border with the autonomous Azerbaijani exclave of
Nakhichevan, said defense ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovannisyan.
"This latest provocation from the Azerbaijani side is intended to
destabilize the situation and will not go unanswered," Hovannisyan
said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are locked in a festering decades-long feud
over the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh.
Armenia-backed separatists seized Nagorny Karabakh from Azerbaijan
in a 1990s war that killed 30,000 people.
Despite years of negotiations since a 1994 ceasefire, the two sides
have still not signed a peace deal.
Azerbaijan has threatened to take back the disputed region by force
if negotiations do not yield results, while Armenia has vowed to
retaliate against any military action.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/95315-azerbaijan-forces-kill-armenian-soldier-in-border-clash
From: A. Papazian