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Local government officials in Nagorno-Karabakh said that three soldiers were injured in a clash with Azeri forceswhich undermines recently the peace agreement with Russia, reports AFP.
Another 780 refugees have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh
Russia leads the escort and provides humanitarian aid
The province’s defense ministry with ethnic Albanians said in a statement that the Azeri soldiers were launched an attack on Friday night. The agency clarifies that three Armenian soldiers were injured during collisions. It is added that the soldiers are in stable condition and are being investigated.
The six-week conflict between the Armenian-backed separatists and the Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh was finished last month, after the two sides agreed to reach an agreement that Yerevan would cede territory to Baku.
1,250 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh for one day
The Russian contingent accompanied the buses
More than 5,000 people died during the conflict.
Close 2,000 Russian peacekeepers are stationed in the region. Turkey, an ally of Baku, has said it will monitor compliance with the ceasefire by an observation center in Azerbaijan.
The French government has rejected a call from parliament to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh
It would be equivalent to the self-exclusion of the Minsk Group …
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 and Kelbadjar – as part of an agreement that halted Azerbaijan’s offensive to return territories lost in the war with Armenian separatists in the 1990s.
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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