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Monday For fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the world is calling for a ceasefire
The fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone continues, with both sides blaming each other for the use of heavy artillery, with reports of at least 21 dead and hundreds wounded in the background.
China and Russia urged the parties to reach a truce, and an Armenian envoy to Moscow claimed that Turkey had sent 4,000 troops to help Azerbaijan
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Monday, 28 September 2020, 12:43
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Armenian and Azerbaijani forces continue today (Monday) in a fierce exchange of fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone - an enclave in Azerbaijani territory controlled by Yarban-backed Armenian separatists.
The two sides accused each other of using heavy artillery, amid reports of at least 21 dead and hundreds wounded.
The current clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the bloodiest since 2016, has rekindled fears of instability in the South Caucasus region, a corridor to pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets.
The two former Soviet republics occasionally clashed in a decades-long conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The President of Azerbaijan today announced a partial military mobilization, and the parliament in Armenia has stated that the country will not hesitate to assist its people in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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The fighting continues.
Documentation of the bodies of uniformed men from the battles, apparently Azeri soldiers (Photo: Reuters)
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said that so far six Azerbaijani civilians had been killed and 19 wounded since the beginning of the fighting.
The Russian news agency Interfax quoted a representative of the Armenian Ministry of Defense as saying that 200 Armenians were injured.
The Nagorno-Karabakh reported that 15 more soldiers had been killed, and that a field cell over which Armenian forces had lost control yesterday was back in their hands.
In addition, the enclave said that Azerbaijan had used heavy artillery, while Babako's defense ministry said that Armenian forces were shelling the city of Tartar.
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Shelling of an Azari armored vehicle in Nagorno-Karabakh (Photo: Reuters)
The clashes have created a diplomatic storm, in which some have called for calming the spirits between Christian Armenia for the most part, and Muslim Azerbaijan, and some have fueled the conflict.
Russia urged both sides to exercise restraint and called for an immediate ceasefire.
China did the same.
In contrast, Turkey has said it will support Azerbaijan, its traditional ally, and Armenia's ambassador to Moscow has announced that Turkey has sent some 4,000 fighters from northern Syria to the country.
Baku denied the claim.
Yesterday, France, home to a large Armenian community, called for a ceasefire and immediate dialogue.
Iran, which has borders with both Azerbaijan and Armenia, has also offered to mediate peace talks.
The United States condemned the violence and called on its neighbors to put out the fire.
Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pashinian meets with military leadership yesterday (Photo: Reuters)
Gets backup from Erdogan.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (Photo: AP)
The clashes come about two months after a several-day exchange of fire along the border, in which at least 16 people were killed.
Thousands then demonstrated in Azerbaijan calling for war and reconquest of the separatist province.
Nagorno-Karabakh declared independence during a war that broke out with the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Despite a ceasefire reached in 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to blame each other for shooting incidents in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the separate border.
Both led a four-day confrontation in 2016, and the protracted conflict is causing concern among the international community, in part due to a threat to stability in the region that serves as a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets.
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