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Armenia calls on Russian troops on the border with Azerbaijan

2021-07-29T13:23:55.626Z


There were again fatalities in fighting on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Despite the new ceasefire, the Armenian prime minister considers the deployment of Russian soldiers in the region to be "sensible".


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Armenian soldier in the embattled Nagorno-Karabakh border area (archive picture): It was only on Wednesday that both countries agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia.

Photo: Sergei Grits / AP

In the South Caucasus, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan threatens to break out again.

In the face of further clashes with Azerbaijani armed forces, Armenia is calling for Russian border guards to be stationed along its border with Azerbaijan.

It "makes sense" to station outposts of the Russian border guards along the entire border, said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a cabinet meeting.

In this way, the hostile neighboring states could carry out "demarcation and demarcation work" without risking renewed military conflicts.

On Wednesday, after exchanges of fire on their border, both states agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia.

Previously, three Armenian soldiers were killed and four injured, according to the country's Ministry of Defense.

It said Azerbaijani troops attacked Armenian positions.

Azerbaijan, in turn, reported two soldiers injured and accused the other side of provocation.

A few hours after the ceasefire began, the warring states are now accusing each other of breaking the ceasefire.

Azerbaijani troops opened fire on Armenian positions in the Gegharkunik border province early Thursday, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

Your own troops should have returned fire.

But the situation has calmed down.

Around 2,000 Russian soldiers were stationed around the Nagorno-Karabakh region

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said that Armenian units had fired machine guns and grenade launchers in the direction of a village in the Kelbajar region.

The own troops would have reacted to this.

The two former Soviet republics have long been fighting for the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus.

Under international law, the area belongs to Azerbaijan, from which it renounced in 1991.

The conflict had led to a war last year that ended after six weeks with a ceasefire, also brokered by Russia.

More than 6,500 people were killed during the fighting.

Under the ceasefire agreement, Armenia had to cede large areas to Azerbaijan, which it had controlled for decades.

Russia has deployed around 2,000 soldiers in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh region to monitor compliance with the ceasefire.

Moscow has also offered its support in defining the exact border line.

asc / dpa / Reuters

Source: spiegel

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