War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish jet is said to have shot down an Armenian military machine - Ankara denied

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan apparently kills many.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey stand behind Azerbaijan, Russia wants to mediate.

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• Nagorno-Karabakh:

  Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces are engaged in heavy firefights in the border region.

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  and

  Turkey

  support

  Azerbaijan

  - allegedly also with mercenaries.

• A Turkish

  fighter jet

  is said to

  have shot down

  an Armenian

  military

  machine.

Update from September 29th, 9:15 p.m.:

The

wants to use observers in

again as soon as possible

.

They would be ready as soon as the situation in the area, which has been

shaken

for days by the fighting between

and

, allows again, said the OSCE special envoy for the region,

after a statement in Vienna on Tuesday.

He is in contact with the conflicting parties.

At a special meeting, diplomats from the 57 OSCE member states discussed the situation in the escalated conflict in the South Caucasus.

Representatives of the OSCE Chairmanship Albania and the OSCE Minsk Group -

,

and the

- again called for an

and a return to the negotiating table.

The

warned that third party interference would worsen the conflict.

"The United States believes that the involvement of any outside party in the escalation of violence would only exacerbate regional tensions," warned US Ambassador

.

The

had found previously very far behind Azerbaijan and Armenia blamed for the escalation.

Armenia's protective power

, on the other hand, urged Turkey to move Azerbaijan to a ceasefire and negotiations.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish jet is said to have shot down an Armenian military machine - Ankara denied

Update from September 29, 5:03 p.m.:

The government in

has

accused

shooting down an Armenian

.

Thus a machine was 25 SU shot the Armenian army type by a Turkish F16 fighter jet, the "from Azerbaijani territory" had come. With the

of the machine is to

have been killed. The Armenian

wrote on Facebook, he "died a hero".

The Azerbaijani

and the Turkish

described the allegations as lies and "cheap propaganda tricks".

An official confirmation of the

is still

on Tuesday afternoon.

Since Sunday there have been violent clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces in the

region

, which under international law is on the territory of

, but is mostly

inhabited

by

.

The

is considered a close ally of the government in Baku and announced that they stand in solidarity on the side of Azerbaijan.

War in Nagorno Karabakh: Foreign Minister Maas is said to have phoned his Turkish colleague Cavusoglu

Update from September 29, 2:50 p.m

.: Federal Foreign Minister

(SPD)

telephoned

the Turkish Foreign Minister

about the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh

.

Cavusoglu announced this on Tuesday in Ankara.

A confirmation from the Federal Foreign Office was not yet available.

sees the troops of Armenia as aggressors in

.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu calls on Armenian forces to withdraw

“In truth, the solution to this problem is simple,” said the 52-year-old.

There is only one solution.

is withdrawing from the Azerbaijani territory it has occupied.

As long as this withdrawal does not take place, this problem will not be solved. "Turkey stands in solidarity on the side of

, stressed

.

Nagorno-Karabakh lies on Azerbaijani territory, but the region is mostly

inhabited

by

.

Turkish President

is considered a close ally of Azerbaijan's head of state

.

Armenia, on the other hand, is hoping for support from Russia, which has several thousand soldiers stationed in the region.

On Monday, the left-wing politician

accused

of taking sides with the "autocracies in Ankara and Baku" (see update from September 28, 4:50 pm).

More than 100 people have died in the

in the

since Sunday

.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Chancellor Merkel calls heads of state from both parties

Update September 29, 11:25:

Even

now has the parties involved in the conflict over the region

be asked to return to diplomacy.

this end, Merkel telephoned the Armenian

and the head of state of

and spoke out in favor of a

.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) could serve as the basis for negotiations between the two conflicting parties.

Since Sunday there

have been repeated

between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces

in the

.

Russia had previously offered to mediate in the conflict.

lies on the territory of

under international law

, but is predominantly

inhabited

by

.

War in Nagorno-Karabakh: Serious allegations against Erdogan and Turkey - left-wing politician attacks Maas

Update from September 29, 6.55 a.m.:

The fear of a further escalation in the Caucasian conflict

occupies the international diplomacy.

In Berlin, government

emphasized

that the new outbreak of the conflict was a "very dangerous development".

He called for an "immediate armistice".

The number of people killed in recent skirmishes rose to at least 95, but the number could be far higher.

The UN Security Council wants to deal with the fighting on Tuesday.

The initiative for the meeting came from

and

, according to the UN headquarters in

.

The result should be a joint declaration on how to proceed.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia and Azerbaijan declare a state of war

Update from September 28, 10:45 p.m

.: The

has

accused the

massive

in the south and northeast of the

.

The army of the internationally unrecognized Republic of

has been able to withstand the enemy attacks so far, Ministry

on Monday in

.

The

in

reported that

an

the evening

.

rejected that.

The conflicting parties blamed each other for the flare-up of the fighting.

The warring ex-Soviet republics declared a

.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: head of parliament threatens and criticizes language of violence

In the capital

in

, parliamentary leader

threatened to

extend

the defensive struggle to

view of the attacks that began on Sunday

.

The armed forces have repeatedly demonstrated their clout in the past.

Together with

,

chosen

the

and

the

, he criticized.

Civilians are a target of the #Azerbaijan aggression against #NagornoKarabakh, but nothing will ever break the resolve and strong spirit of the people of #Artsakh to live a free & dignified life on their land.

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- Zohrab Mnatsakanyan (@ZMnatsakanyan) September 28, 2020

"This war, which the Azerbaijani-Turkish tandem broke the fence, is not a war of the Azerbaijani people, but a war for

of

," the politician said.

The authoritarian Azerbaijani President

had again

accused

of attacking his country.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: UN Secretary General Guterres calls for an immediate end to the fighting

UN

Secretary General

has again called for an

in the troubled

in the 

.

had already said this to Azerbaijani President

by phone

and wanted to

inform

the Armenian Prime Minister

by phone

today

, said a UN spokesman in

on Monday

.

Guterres had already expressed "extremely concerned" about the escalation of the conflict on Sunday.

He called for

and

to be sent back to the region.

Azerbaijan orders partial mobilization - Armenia appeals to the European Court of Human Rights

Update of 28 September, 19:58

: In new fighting in the conflict region

between the hostile neighbors

and

are

Service.

The number of deaths on the

had

risen

to

, the Ministry of Defense in

confirmed

to the dpa on Monday.

According to this,

died on the second day of the fighting

.

The Armenian military also spoke of

.

There was initially no

confirmation from

.

Azerbaijan's

authoritarian head of state

ordered a

on Monday

.

This would

for

confiscated, it said.

In

there are

the evening

in some regions

, and air traffic has also been suspended.

Armenia

has turned on the

.

The court announced this on Monday in 

.

With the application, the leadership in

wants the

neighboring country to end attacks on civilian settlements and the civilian population.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Russia wants to mediate

Russia has

meanwhile announced that it wants to mediate.

"Russia has the opportunity to use its influence and traditionally good relations with both countries to

a solution to this conflict," said

in

.

The situation must at

on

to be resolved.

That is now more important "than to argue about who is right and who is to blame".

The

called on

and

for an immediate

.

The

is also trying to find a

.

The responsible special envoy

and the

with its three co-chairs

,

and the

are busy with negotiations.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Turkey continues to take an offensive publicly

Update from September 28, 5.10 p.m.: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

and

are publicly continuing to engage in the conflict over the Caucasian border region

.

“It is now time to end the crisis in the region that began with the occupation of

.

The region will find peace and tranquility again if

immediately leaves the Azerbaijani soil it has occupied, ”

said

in 

.

The

was "by all means and all my heart" on the side of Azerbaijan.

The

quoted the Armenian ambassador to Russia, according to which Turkey allegedly sent around 4,000 fighters from northern Syria to 

 .

The Azerbaijani authorities rejected this information.

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President of Turkey: Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

© dpa

Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh: Left-wing politician Dagdelen railed against Federal Foreign Minister Maas

Update from September 28, 4:50 p.m.:

The

conflict has reached German politics:

, well-known left-wing politician and member of the Bundestag, has Foreign Minister

via Twitter "taking

for the autocracies in

&

" assumed.

“Not a word to ignite

on the side of the Azerbaijani autocracy, not a word to Erdogan's Islamist mercenaries.

A shame! ”Dagdelen continued.

Maas, who is currently in corona quarantine, had asked both sides to cease hostilities immediately.

Not a word to ignite # Turkey at the side of the Azerbaijani autocracy, not a word to Erdogan's Islamist mercenaries.

Behind the equidistance, AM #Maas hides its partisanship for the autocracies in #Ankara & #Baku.

-A shame! #Mountain Karabakh #Armenia #Arzach https://t.co/7RmqWJVSTk

- Sevim Dağdelen, Member of the Bundestag (@SevimDagdelen) September 28, 2020

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Turkey and Erdogan on the side of Azerbaijan

Update from September 28, 4:20 p.m.:

Serious allegations against

: The Turkish government is interfering with mercenaries and weapons in the fighting over

, claims the pro-Armenian government in the embattled region in the Caucasus.

The

 had previously expressed his "full support" for

.

and

maintained close political relations for

years

.

The Turkish national territory, on the other hand, borders on Armenia.

The

has a very difficult relationship also three-million-inhabitant country and is said to have been guilty during the First World War from 1915 to 1916 of the Armenian genocide.

The deadly fighting in #Mountain Karabakh must stop immediately, #Armenia and #Azerbaijan back to the negotiating table.

The fact that #Erdogan is igniting again here, despite Turkey's historical guilt towards Armenia, is unbearable.

The civilian population carries the suffering.

- Cem Özdemir (@cem_oezdemir) September 28, 2020

“

is unbearable that #Erdogan is igniting again here,

despite

historical guilt

towards

.

The civilian population is suffering, "wrote the German

.

Fight over Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan break 1994 ceasefire

Update from September 28, 4 p.m .:

again and again

.

For the

region controlled

by

with an estimated 145,000 inhabitants, there are repeated fights with

, which claims the area for itself, although more Armenians live there.

A ceasefire has (actually) been in effect between the two states since 1994, but it was broken several times - most recently in 2016. However, the fighting has not been as intense as it is for a long time.

Incidentally,

is translated as "mountainous black garden".

Fighting for Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia reports high casualties - Azerbaijan even higher casualties

Update from September 28, 3:20 p.m.:

The fighting over the

between

and

continues to claim many deaths.

According to the

, 39 people were killed on Sunday.

Among them are 15 pro-Armenian fighters, it said.

Seven civilian fatalities were reported on Sunday, including five Azerbaijani and two Armenian.

The number of victims could be much higher.

The government in Azerbaijan said it had killed

.

denied the report and declared that it had killed "dozen" Azerbaijani soldiers.

Fight for Nagorno-Karabakh: Gun battles between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Update from September 28, 10:20 a.m.:

On Monday night, there were

again intense

pro-Armenian rebels and the Azerbaijani army

in the

region

.

That reports

zeit.de with reference to official information.

The

rose to 39. As the Armenian

, the opposing side is said to have used heavy equipment and artillery that morning.

The

in

said that Armenian forces had shelled the city of Terter on the

border

.

The Central Council of Armenians in Germany, with reference to the German EU Council Presidency, has called on the

to "

defuse

the new and highly dangerous conflict over

".

For years there have been

between

and

over the

.

According to international law, the area belongs to the national territory of Azerbaijan, but is mostly inhabited by Armenians.

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In terms of international law, the conflict region Nagorno-Karabakh lies on the territory of Azerbaijan, but is predominantly inhabited by Armenians.

© Graphic: Ben Bolte / dpa

Outbreak of war in Nagorno-Karabakh: Foreign Minister Maas calls for a return to diplomacy

The conflict over

flared up again after a long period of rest on Sunday with firefights between the two parties.

The governments in

and

accused the other party of having

embarked on

the

and declared a state of war, as reported by fr.de *.

(SPD) called on the governments to return to diplomacy.

"I call on both parties to the conflict to immediately stop all fighting, and in particular the shelling of villages and towns."

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

Outbreak of war in Europe's shadow: conflict escalates - Russia and Turkey on different sides

Initial report from September 27, 2020:

Baku / Yerevan -

has declared a

in the conflict region Nagorno-Karabakh after fighting with neighboring Azerbaijan

.

The Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Sunday in Yerevan.

Azerbaijan had previously announced a military operation against Nagorno-Karabakh.

There are said to be numerous injuries and around

among the soldiers in the South Caucasus region.

It is the worst escalation in decades.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Heavy fighting in the capital Stepanakert

According to information from both sides, heavy fighting broke out on Sunday morning between the warring neighboring countries.

The

had been shelled, the people should get to safety, said the authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Numerous houses in villages have been destroyed.

According to reports from Baku and Yerevan, the fighting continued.

Both sides blamed each other

for the fighting.

The shelling began early in the morning from the Azerbaijani side, wrote Pashinyan on Facebook.

"The entire responsibility for this lies with the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan," said the spokeswoman for the Defense Ministry of Armenia.

Yerevan shot down helicopters and combat drones.

Three enemy tanks were hit.

Baku denied this and stressed that the fighting was a counter-offensive on the front line.

Armenia provoked the fighting.

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The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated.

According to the Armenian Defense Ministry, the picture shows how Armenian forces destroy an Azerbaijani military vehicle.

© AP / Armenian Ministry of Defense

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia sees Russia as a protecting power, Turkey stands behind Azerbaijan

The

belongs to the Islamic

Azerbaijan under international law.

Baku had lost control of the area inhabited by Christian Karabakh Armenians in a war after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

A ceasefire has existed in the region since 1994, but it has been repeatedly broken.

The conflict last flared up sharply in 2016.

More than 120 people died.

In July there was heavy fighting on the border between the warring republics;

however, the fighting was hundreds of kilometers north of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenia relies on

as a protective power, which has stationed thousands of soldiers and weapons there.

Fighting broke out in the Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which sits within Azerbaijan, with Armenia declaring martial law and total military mobilization.https: //t.co/b7xyuIagqt

- Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) September 27, 2020

The Russian Foreign Ministry called on both sides to stop the fire immediately

.

Baku and Yerevan should also start talks to stabilize the situation.

Neighboring Turkey accused Armenia of violating international law.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara announced that it strongly condemned the "Armenian attack".

The EU and Foreign Minister Maas demand an immediate end to the fighting

The EU and the Council of Europe have urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to end the fighting immediately.

EU Council President

was deeply concerned on Sunday via Twitter.

"In order to prevent further escalation, military action must urgently stop." The only way out is the immediate return to negotiations without preconditions.

"The

calls for an immediate end to the fighting, for de-escalation and for strict monitoring of the ceasefire," said EU Foreign Affairs Representative Josep Borrell.

He also called for a return to negotiations.

Council of Europe

Secretary General Marija Pejcinovic Buric said that both countries should take responsibility and exercise restraint.

The fighting should cease immediately.

“On joining the Council of Europe, both countries committed themselves to resolving the conflict by peaceful means, and this obligation must be strictly observed.” Pejcinovic Buric called on both sides to do everything in their power to protect human lives.

Germany and France also expressed deep concern over the clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh and reports of civilian casualties.

"France demands an immediate end to the fighting and a resumption of the dialogue," said the French Foreign Ministry in Paris.

German Foreign Minister

emphasized

in Berlin

that the conflict could only be resolved through negotiation

.

The OSCE Minsk Group with its three co-chairs France, Russia and the USA is ready for this.

The OSCE is the organization for security and cooperation in Europe.

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