Nagorno-Karabakh continued fighting in the encircled enclave on Saturday as leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia expressed the possibility of impossible conditions for the leaders of the United States, France and Russia to agree to a ceasefire.
"Fire is fine, but under what
conditions? Conditions should be for them to withdraw from the area." We
have heard this many times, we do not have time to wait another 30 years. The
dispute must now be resolved.
According to AFP, Armenian Minister Nikol Pashinyan
said Armenia was ready to accept an agreement but only if Turkish forces
withdrew. Ankara has backed Azerbaijan but denied any military presence there.
Government officials reported shelling and
rocket fire in and around Nagorno-Karabakh's capital, Steppe cart. Armenia has
controlled the enclave and its environs - all internationally recognized within
the borders of Azerbaijan - since a war in the early 1990s. Azerbaijan accused
Armenian forces of shelling nearby villages on Saturday. The recent fighting
began a week ago and called for a ceasefire between Russia, France and the US
president.
His office said in a statement that French
President Emmanuel Macron spoke Friday with the leaders of Armenia and
Azerbaijan and proposed resuming talks in the so-called Minsk Group, which has
led peace efforts since the 1990s. Is.
But Turkey rejected the appeals, saying
all three powers were biased’ in favor of Armenia.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a
statement on its website on Friday that "the threat of a full-scale
war" has increased after Azerbaijan and Turkey renewed allegations of
"joint action" in the conflict. Baku and Ankara officials have denied
the involvement of Turkish troops.
The unrecognized government in
Nagorno-Karabakh supports Armenia, saying it has lost 154 soldiers and 11
civilians in the latest fighting. Azerbaijan says 20 of its citizens have been’
killed. It has not released military casualty figures.
Aliyev has vowed to continue the military
campaign until Armenian troops leave Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding seven
districts, which were raised’ during a war following the collapse of the Soviet
Union in 1991. To stop the 1994 war that killed 30,000 people and displaced
more than 1 million.
The confrontation has escalated tensions
between Russia and Turkey over proxy disputes in Syria and Libya. Russia has a
military base in Armenia and the two countries have a bilateral defense
agreement, although it has not covered the disputed territory. Azerbaijan,
which has close historical and linguistic ties with Turkey, held large-scale
joint exercises with the Turkish military last month.
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