An emergency closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Nagorny Karabakh, rocked since this weekend by deadly violence, is expected Tuesday at the request of European countries, AFP learned on Monday (September 28). from diplomatic sources.
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Germany and France are at the origin of this initiative, but other European members - Estonia, Belgium, United Kingdom - support it, it was specified from the same sources.
At least 67 dead
The outbreak of deadly violence in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh, supported by Yerevan, which took place in the middle of the UN General Assembly, raises fears of a major war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the South Caucasus, where Ankara and Moscow are in competition.
Ever more deadly fighting raged on Monday between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists in Nagorno Karabakh, while the Turkish president fueled fears of an escalation with a combative speech in support of Baku.
Since Sunday the forces of the separatist enclave, supported politically, militarily and economically by Armenia, and those of Azerbaijan clash in the deadliest fighting since 2016. At least 67 people have been killed according to incomplete reports fights.
