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“Die in the last battle”: War in the shadow of Europe - journalists seriously injured

2020-10-01T19:17:52.478Z


The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continues. The UN Security Council intervenes and has a clear demand. Russia wants to mediate, but fails.


The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continues.

The UN Security Council intervenes and has a clear demand.

Russia wants to mediate, but fails.

  • Another exchange of fire broke out

    between

    Armenia and Azerbaijan

    .

    The

    UN Security Council

    demands "immediately" to stop the fighting.

  • Russia

    is ready to mediate - but

    Armenia

    refuses (update from September 30, 3:14 p.m.).

  • The Turkish President

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan

    describes the intervention of the USA, Russia and France as "unacceptable" (see update from October 1st, 3:22 pm).

Update from October 1, 9:02 p.m.:

Regardless of international calls for restraint, the fighting in the controversial

Caucasus region Nagorno-Karabakh

 continues.

On Thursday, the fighting even intensified, according to the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

"We demand an immediate cessation of hostilities," demanded the heads of state of the so-called

Minsk Group of

the Organization for Cooperation and Development in Europe (OSCE) in a joint statement.

The group to defuse the conflict has been led by Russia, France and the USA since 1992.

So far, however, there is no sign of de-escalation.

In the small town of Martuni, which is around 25 kilometers from the

front line

, residents fled

to their cellars

from

heavy fire

on Thursday

.

“I built this house with my own hands,” said 54-year-old construction worker Artak Alojan, who was sitting in his basement with an older neighbor.

“I'm not going anywhere.

I will die here in the final battle. "

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Several Hundred Fatalities?

French reporter seriously injured

According to the Armenian Embassy in France,

two

French journalists

who interviewed residents of Martuni were

seriously injured

by "Azerbaijani aerial bombs"

.

The reporter and photographer from

Le Monde

newspaper

were to be flown out, according to President Macron.

New massive disputes between Armenia & Azerbaijan alarm me.

Call on parties to immediately stop all fighting and especially the shelling of villages and towns.

Conflict over the region #BergKarabach can only be resolved in negotiations.-AM @HeikoMaas pic.twitter.com/QQ9xrTdzwu

- Federal Foreign Office (@AuswaertigesAmt) September 27, 2020

There is so far only incomplete information

on the

number of victims

.

On the Armenian side, 104 soldiers and eight civilians are said to have been killed since Sunday.

Azerbaijan is silent about victims in its army and only speaks of 19 civilians killed.

A spokesman for the Armenian Defense Ministry said about 350 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in the new skirmishes.

Update from October 1, 16:39:

In the conflict area

of Nagorno-Karabakh

fighters by French Information

jihadist groups in Syria

active, who came to the region via Turkey.

French President

Emmanuel Macron

spoke

of a "very serious matter"

ahead of the start of the

EU summit

in Brussels on Thursday.

This should be discussed with the other EU heads of state and government.

The summit lasts until Friday.

Update from October 1, 3:22 p.m

.: Turkish President

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

has described efforts by the

USA

,

Russia

and

France

for a ceasefire in the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict region

as "unacceptable".

Before the parliament in Ankara on Thursday he accused the three states of ignoring the problem in the region for almost 30 years.

That is why one is now confronted with these "negative developments".

The

Turkey

in the conflict supported its ally

Azerbaijan

.

Erdogan described

Armenia

in the speech as a "bandit state" that had to withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh.

That is a prerequisite for lasting peace.

By contrast, the

presidents of the

United States

,

Russia

and

France issued

a joint statement on Thursday calling for a return to an unconditional ceasefire.

Nagorno-Karabakh: War in the shadow of Europe - Trump and Putin intervene

Update from October 1, 2:30 p.m.:

According to the Kremlin, the presidents of the USA, Russia and France have

condemned

the military violence in the

Nagorno-Karabakh

conflict region in a joint statement

.

Heavy shelling had raged between the two warring countries Armenia and Azerbaijan in the past few days.

As the Kremlin announced in Moscow, they called on Thursday for an immediate cessation of fighting and a return to the ceasefire.

The declaration was signed by US President

Donald Trump

, France's head of state

Emmanuel Macron

and Kremlin chief

Vladimir Putin

.

In Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, things initially remained quiet on Thursday.

However, a large number of the police made the tense situation clear.

During the night, the city, darkened by the fighting, was shaken by two explosions.

Apparently none of the conflicting parties achieved any noteworthy military successes.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict continues

Update from September 30, 3:14 p.m.:

The conflict between

Armenia and Azerbaijan

over the

Nagorno-Karabakh

region

remains tense.

On Wednesday (September 30th) the Armenian Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinyan turned down

an offer to mediate by

Russia

.

Both parties to the conflict announced a continuation of intense fighting along the front line, which extends over 180 kilometers.

With the interference of other countries, the international fear grows that the conflict could spread and even develop into a proxy war between Russia and Turkey.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Russia offers to negotiate - Armenia refuses

With regard to the "intense military conflicts" it is "inappropriate" to speak of a "summit between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia",

Pashinyan told

the Russian news agency Interfax.

In order for negotiations to take place, a

“suitable atmosphere”

would first have to be

created.

+

The image released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense shows the Azerbaijani armed forces destroying the Armenian air defense system on the line of contact of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Azerbaijan.

© dpa

Russia

had offered to mediate between the warring neighboring states.

The UN Security Council had also asked both sides to return to the negotiating table and end the fighting "immediately".

At least

98 people have been

killed, including 17 civilians,

since it began on Sunday

.

Both countries communicate that they have inflicted even greater losses on their respective opponents.

First report from September 30, 10.55 a.m .:

Baku / Yerevan - On the fourth day in a row, heavy shelling broke out between the two warring countries Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The conflict over the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh does not end.

On Wednesday morning (September 30) there was artillery fire along the entire demarcation line, said a

spokeswoman for the Armenian Defense Ministry

in Yerevan.

In contrast, the

Azerbaijani military

maintains

that the city of Terter was attacked by the Armenians on its own territory.

Many people were injured and buildings were destroyed.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: UN calls for talks and cessation of fighting

The

UN Security Council

has called for the fighting to cease “immediately”.

The 15 Member States of the most powerful UN body called on the parties to the conflict "without hesitation" to the negotiating table. But they should be using the so-called Minsk Group of the

Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE)

cooperate. The Security Council published on Tuesday evening (29 September) in New York a corresponding declaration.

Agreement does not seem to be in sight at first.

Both the

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

and the

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

had

announced

the

continuation of the fighting

shortly before

.

Both sides claim to have already inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops.

+

Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan

© Editor: M. Lorenz / Graphics: F. Bökelmann / dpa

In addition, the UN Security Council fears that the intervention of foreign powers will continue to pour fuel into the fire and that the new conflict will spread.

On Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry alleged that a

Turkish fighter jet

had shot down an Armenian military plane.

Ankara

immediately denied this.

The special summit of EU heads of state and government will also deal with the conflict on Thursday and Friday, as Council President Charles Michel announced.

Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *) called on Tuesday in phone calls with

Pashinyan

and

Aliyev

to return to the negotiating table within the Minsk group.

Russian President

Vladimir Putin,

on the other hand,

stressed

the "urgent need" for a ceasefire

during a telephone

conversation

with

Pashinyan

.

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh flared up again after years

Nagorno-Karabakh

 is located in Azerbaijan, but is mostly inhabited by Armenians, who also have the region under their control.

The conflict over the region has been going on for decades.

After a bloody war with 30,000 dead, the formerly autonomous Soviet area

declared

its

independence from Azerbaijan

in

the early 1990s

.

However, the region is not recognized by any country as a separate state and is still considered part of Azerbaijan internationally.

On Sunday the conflict had flared up again after years of relative calm.

The situation is complicated by the competition between

Turkey and Russia

for greater influence in the South Caucasus.

(lb / dpa / AFP) * Mekur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network

List of rubric lists: © dpa

Source: merkur

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