TV: AZERBAIJAN TROOPS KILLED NEAR NAGORNO-KARABAKH
International Herald Tribune
Feb 20 2009
France
BAKU, Azerbaijan: A television report says three Azerbaijani soldiers
have been killed in violence near the ethnic-Armenian held territory
of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Calls to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry for confirmation went unanswered
and Armenian officials could not immediately be reached.
Private ANS TV said Friday that one soldier was killed when ethnic
Armenian forces opened fire on an Azerbaijani position. It said two
others were fatally wounded when they stepped on a land-mine allegedly
planted by Armenian forces.
A war that broke out as the Soviet Union was nearing its breakup killed
some 30,000 people and left Armenians in control of Azerbaijan’s
Nagorno-Karabakh region and some surrounding territory. Violations
of a 1994 cease-fire have been frequent and the conflict has remained
unsolved.(AP)