BAKU — Azerbaijan said Wednesday that its forces crushed an Armenian attack near the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting foreign calls to end fighting in a region that has been a flashpoint for 30 years.
Nagorno-Karabakh split from Azerbaijan with Armenia after a bloody post-Soviet ethnic standoff in the early 1990s. In 2020, Azerbaijan controlled the reconquest of part of the territory controlled by the separatists.
Under an upcoming ceasefire, Russian peacekeepers were deployed in the rest of the territory controlled by the separatists. Both sides accuse each other of rape and violence has erupted in recent days.
The Azeri Defense Ministry said Armenia had seriously violated the ceasefire by committing an act of sabotage that killed a soldier. In addition, Baku said its forces had repelled an Armenian to capture a hill in a domain controlled by Russian peacekeepers.
“As a result, those fighting for illegal Armenian armed formations were killed and wounded,” he said in a statement, it is not easy for all Armenian troops to withdraw from the domain and promises “overwhelming” countermeasures if necessary.
In response, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire by launching an attack on spaces controlled by peacekeepers. In a statement, he said Yerevan sought that the foreign network “take measures to prevent Azerbaijan’s habit and competitive actions. “
The European Union called for an early cessation of hostilities and said either side will have to respect the ceasefire, a call repeated by the Polish president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
“The United States is deeply involved and is closely following reports of extensive fighting around Nagorno-Karabakh, which adds up to casualties and deaths,” the U. S. State Department spokesman said. USA, Ned Price. ” We call for immediate measures to de-escalate tensions and further escalation. “
Previously, the separatist government of the ethnically Armenian enclave had declared a partial mobilization.
Russia said the scenario in the spaces controlled through its peacekeepers was very tense and reported at least one violation of the ceasefire by Azeri forces, Interfax said. Alistair Bell and Lincoln Party)
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