Posted on 08/04/2022 1:58:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The fighting killed at least one Azerbaijani soldier, according to that country’s foreign ministry on Wednesday.
Armenia’s foreign ministry also said the clashes had resulted in “casualties and wounded ones,” but did not specify how many or which side those belonged to. It also called on the world to step in to stop Azerbaijan’s “aggressive behavior and actions.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia is “concerned,” reported Reuters.
Both sides have accused the other of launching attacks on military positions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Russia, an Armenian security ally, maintains a peacekeeping force in the region after brokering a ceasefire agreement in early November 2020, ending an almost two-month conflict that killed at least 6,500 people, according to Reuters.
Russia’s defense ministry on Wednesday also accused Azerbaijani forces of violating the ceasefire, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
“The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, together with representatives of the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides, are taking measures to stabilize the situation,” the ministry said in a statement, according to TASS.
On Wednesday, the European Union called for an immediate end to the hostilities.
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If it’s another war, there’s probably Neocon blood involved, in some way.
Russia calls for restraint?
That’s rich.
That war has been ongoing for years.
Armenians-Christian
Azerbaijanis-Muslim
all you need to know.
Russia supports Armenia, Muslim countries support Azerbaijan.
Stalin created artificial borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan, leaving a lot of Armenians in Azerbaijan. Since fall of Soviet union, there is a war going on there with bloody massacres of Armenians.
With Russia tight up in Ukraine, Azerbaijan smells a chance to fight again.
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