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On Monday morning, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Armenian army was firing heavily on the city of Tartar in Azerbaijan. At the time, Armenian officials said clashes continued overnight and “offensive operations” resumed in Baku in the morning.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry told the Interfax news agency on Monday that more than 550 Armenian soldiers had been killed in the clashes. Armenian officials denied this information.
Nagorno-Karabakh separatists said 28 insurgents were killed in clashes on Monday, bringing the total number of soldiers killed to 59.
“28 soldiers were killed in clashes” on Monday, a Nagorno-Karabakh ministry said in a statement. At that time, Baku had not yet released information on the losses suffered by the military since Sunday.
Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhanisian said more than 200 people were injured on Monday.
The European Union, for its part, warned on Monday about the region’s power not to intervene in the clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh and condemned the “serious escalation” of hostilities, which threatens stability in the region.
EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said Brussels could not confirm reports that external forces had joined the conflict, but added: “Any external interference in the conflict is unacceptable.”
“No one should be interested and no one will benefit from the outbreak of a global war, which is what we want to avoid,” he said. “We, as the EU as an international community, ask all the actors involved to stop immediately and all other actors in the region to contribute to ending the fighting.”
“This escalation (of the conflict) … is very disturbing, even threatening to (escalate) into a serious and serious exacerbation and (have) serious consequences for stability in the region,” Stano said.
“We call for an immediate ceasefire, hostile action, a reduction in escalation and a strict ceasefire,” Stano told reporters.
On Sunday morning fierce clashes broke out in a separatist area of Azerbaijan controlled by ethnic Armenian forces.
Nagorno-Karabakh was uprooted from Azerbaijan in 1994 by Armenian-backed separatists during the war of the 1990s, which ended in a tentative ceasefire.
The area is now governed by an Armenian-backed separatist government that has declared its independence and has not been recognized by any state.
It is not yet clear who caused the new clashes on Sunday, which are the bloodiest since July, when 17 people were killed on both sides.
Approximately 4,400 square meters. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is 50 km from the border with Armenia. Local Armenian-backed forces have also occupied part of Azerbaijan’s territory outside the region.
Armenia: Turkey is directly involved in the conflict
The Armenian Foreign Ministry has stated that Turkey provides military and political assistance to Azerbaijan and is directly involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
“Turkey provides significant military and political assistance to Azerbaijan. It should be noted that Turkey has been supporting Baku since the 1990s by participating in the blockade of Armenia,” the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued Monday.
The document notes that such support is now being provided at a qualitatively new level and that Turkey is directly involved in hostilities. “Turkish specialists using Turkish military equipment, drones and aircraft are fighting shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijani soldiers,” the statement said.
September 27, an official in Baku said that the Armenian armed forces were firing heavily at the Azerbaijani army positions. For his part, Yeravan announced that the Azerbaijani armed forces launched an attack in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh and fired at the settlements of the unrecognized republic, including its administrative center, Stepanakert. Both parties report deaths and injuries, including civilians. The Armenian government has declared a military situation and the mobilization of reserve troops. Azerbaijan also decided to introduce a military position throughout the country.
The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh began in February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian Autonomous Region declared its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. In September 1991, the establishment of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was announced at the Stepanakert Autonomous Administrative Center. In the wake of the military conflict, Azerbaijan lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Negotiations for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem have been ongoing since 1992, but have so far failed.
Erdogan means support for Baku
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis must end.
“Azerbaijan has been waiting 30 years for this problem to be solved, now it is doing it on its own. If Armenia were to withdraw immediately from the occupied lands of Azerbaijan, it would pave the way for peace and stability in the region. The crisis that has started with the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh must end, “said the Turkish president in Istanbul. His speech was broadcast on NTV television channel.
RT Erdogan also criticized the OSCE Minsk Group, which he said did not solve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
“To date, the United States, Russia and France have not been able to solve this problem for about 30 years. And now they are seeking advice,” said the Turkish leader.
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