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    Deutsche Welle, Germany
    Aug 2 2014

    Soldiers killed as tensions rise in disputed Nagorny Karabakh


    Fresh clashes have erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the
    disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh. Tensions have reached a spike in
    the long-running territorial conflict.

    Azerbaijan said on Saturday it had lost four soldiers in fresh clashes
    with Armenia near the Nagorny Karabakh region, long a source of
    contention between the two ex-Soviet nations.

    "Armenia's reconnaissance and sabotage groups had once again tried to
    attack Azeri positions at the line of contact," the defense ministry
    in Baku said in a statement.

    "As a result of the clash, four Azeri troops died," the statement said.

    Armenian-run Nagorny Karabakh said it had lost one soldier, a
    25-year-old ethnic Armenian. It accused Azerbaijan of trying to carry
    out "sabotage and reconnaissance activities."

    The latest clashes come after Azerbaijan on Friday said eight of its
    soldiers had died in three days of sporadic fighting with Armenian
    troops on the border of and near the disputed region.

    Simmering conflict

    The Nagorny-Karabakh region is internationally recognized as belonging
    to Azerbaijan, but was seized by Armenian-backed separatists in a
    1990s war in which 30,000 died by the time it ended in 1994.

    Since then, Azerbaijan and Armenia have held years of negotiations
    over the region, without ever signing a peace deal, while their troops
    have occasionally clashed in skirmishes along the front.

    In view of the current escalation of the conflict, the United States
    on Friday renewed a plea for the two countries to hold talks at
    presidential level to resolve the conflict.


    http://www.dw.de/soldiers-killed-as-tensions-rise-in-disputed-nagorny-karabakh/a-17827777



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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