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Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for starting new fighting.
Baku / Jerewan. The ceasefire lasted only a few minutes: in the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Sunday of breaking the ceasefire that had been in force since midnight.
The Armenian Defense Ministry said Azerbaijani artillery fired twice during the night. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that the area around the city of Jabrail had been bombarded with mortars and artillery. Therefore, appropriate retaliatory measures were taken.
It was reported from Nagorno-Karabakh that the Azerbaijani army had launched an attack on military positions in the enclave. There are dead and wounded on both sides. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire a week ago, but it has been broken several times.
The majority of Christian Armenians live in the South Caucasus region, the leadership there is supported by the Armenian government. Under international law, the area belongs to predominantly Islamic Azerbaijan, which it renounced in 1991. As Armenia is allied with Russia and Azerbaijan is supported by Turkey, the conflict threatens to spread beyond the region with far-reaching consequences. for the economy. Important oil and gas pipelines run through the southern Caucasus. The fighting started in late September.
(“Die Presse”, print edition, October 19, 2020)
