• $ 1.7
  • € 1.84
  • ₽ 2.0443
  • ₺ 0.0448
  • £ 2.1992

Azeri troops clash with Armenian forces as ministers meet in Paris

Azeri troops clash with Armenian forces as ministers meet in Paris
24.01.2014 15:00

Azerbaijan said its troops clashed with Armenian forces near the Nagorno-Karabakh region as the countries’ foreign ministers prepared to meet.

An Armenian unit attacked Azeri positions this morning and was forced to retreat after a brief exchange of fire, the Defense Ministry in the Azeri capital, Baku, said on its website. 

Foreign Ministers Eduard Nalbandian of Armenia and Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan will meet today in Paris to continue talks after the two nations’ presidents met in November in Vienna for the first time in two years.

Escalating border skirmishes have killed at least two soldiers and left two civilians wounded in the past four days.

Armenia captured Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave about the size of Rhode Island, and seven adjacent districts from Azerbaijan in a war after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. More than 30,000 people were killed and more than a million, mostly Azeris, displaced before Russia brokered a cease-fire in 1994.

Azerbaijan, which last month signed $45 billion contracts with a BP Plc-led group to pipe natural-gas to Europe, has repeatedly threatened to use force to regain control of the territory should peace efforts fail.

ANN.Az

Similar news
Similar news
Germany backs Middle Corridor, calls Azerbaijan key transport hub – Steinmeier
Political News 14:06
Germany backs Middle Corridor, calls Azerbaijan key transport hub – Steinmeier
Karabakh Is Azerbaijan, Germany Reaffirms – President Steinmeier
Political News 12:59
Karabakh Is Azerbaijan, Germany Reaffirms – President Steinmeier
Azerbaijan’s victory opened path to peace talks with Armenia, Aliyev Says
Political News 12:52
Azerbaijan’s victory opened path to peace talks with Armenia, Aliyev Says
German president says time needed to rebuild trust between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Political News 12:51
German president says time needed to rebuild trust between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Holds One-on-One Meeting with German President Steinmeier
Political News 11:11
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Holds One-on-One Meeting with German President Steinmeier
Iranian president to visit Azerbaijan in April
Political News 10:30
Iranian president to visit Azerbaijan in April
German president visits Azerbaijan amid strengthening bilateral ties
Political News 09:03
German president visits Azerbaijan amid strengthening bilateral ties
Turkish University annuls Erdogan rival’s degree, blocking presidential bid
Political News 10:00
Turkish University annuls Erdogan rival’s degree, blocking presidential bid
Azerbaijan says Armenian forces fired on army positions
Political News 09:40
Azerbaijan says Armenian forces fired on army positions
Anews TV

Our official Youtube channel

Subscribe