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In the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Caucasus region between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the situation is reaching a critical point one day after the entry into force of a ceasefire. Azerbaijan said on Sunday it had launched airstrikes against an enclave regiment, resulting in heavy losses. A spokesman for the Nagorno-Karabakh leadership did not agree with this version.
Azerbaijan also accused Armenia of having bombed its second largest city, Ganja, in the early hours of the morning. Nine people died and 34 were injured. An Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman dismissed the accusation as an “outright lie”. In turn, he accused Azerbaijan of attacking residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh. The larger city of Stepanakert is also affected.
Tense but calm
The leader of the fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh described the morning situation as tense, but still relatively calm. He accused the Azerbaijani armed forces of trying to take control of the city of Hadrut, but to no avail.
With the mediation of Russia, the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Moscow on Saturday night. After that, prisoners will be exchanged and the bodies of those killed in the clashes will be handed over. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called his Russian colleague Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday, according to his ministry, to urge Armenians to maintain the ceasefire. Hundreds of people are said to have been killed in clashes between the Azerbaijani army and Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh on September 27. (apa, reuters)
