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    Reuters
    Aug 2 2014

    Russia voices concern over violence in Nagorno-Karabakh

    MOSCOW Sat Aug 2, 2014 8:20pm IST


    (Reuters) - Russia expressed concern on Saturday over a flare-up of
    violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway enclave of Azerbaijan with a
    majority Armenian population, and said any escalation would be
    unacceptable.

    At least 10 people were killed in skirmishes this week between Azeri
    government forces and ethnic Armenians controlling Nagorno-Karabakh,
    officials from the two sides said on Friday.

    "We see the events of recent days as a serious violation of agreements
    on a ceasefire and declared intentions to achieve a regulation (of the
    conflict) through political means," the Russian Foreign Ministry said
    in a statement.

    "We take the position that any further escalation is unacceptable," it said.

    Fighting between ethnic Azeris and Armenians erupted in 1991 and a
    ceasefire was called in 1994. But Azerbaijan and Armenia have
    regularly traded accusations of further violence around
    Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Azeri-Armenian border.

    (Reporting by Alexander Winning, Editing by Timothy Heritage)


    http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/02/armenia-azerbaijan-russia-idINKBN0G20F920140802

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