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The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan for reported for the first time how many Azeri soldiers had died during the war with Armenia for Nagorno-Karabakh.
The agency said, quoted by AFP and Reuters, that almost 2,800 Azeri soldiers died during the conflict.
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“2,783 servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces died during the patriotic war, “the ministry explained, adding that more than 100 people are missing.
The victims in the Armenian army is more than 2300. More than 100 civilians from both sides died during the conflict.
Meanwhile, the Turkish presidency announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Azerbaijan on December 9-10.
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With the mediation of Russia Armenia signed an agreement with Azerbaijan on November 9, six weeks later of fierce fighting for Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia agrees to hand over three districts around Karabakh – Agdam, Lachin Y Kelbadjar – as part of an agreement that halted Azerbaijan’s offensive to return territories lost in the war with Armenian separatists in the 1990s.
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Turkey and Russia agreed to a joint peacekeeping mission in Karabakh.
Armenia is losing control of seven districts that were occupied during the war some 30 years ago. Many Azerbaijani citizens who were later forced to flee plan to return.
After a war in the 1990s that killed 30,000 people, separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and neighboring areas seized the territory and declared an independence that is not recognized by the international community, not even Armenia.
As part of the peace agreement, Armenia agreed to return 15-20% of Nagorno-Karabakh, won by the Azeris during the war, including the historic city of Shusha.
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