Associated Press International
January 23, 2015 Friday 8:09 PM GMT
Armenia says 2 killed in clash on border with Azerbaijan
YEREVAN, Armenia
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) – The Armenian Defense Ministry says two of its
servicemen have been killed in a border clash with a group of
Azerbaijani forces.
The ministry said the incident occurred early Friday when a group of
Azerbaijani soldiers attempted an incursion. Separately, the
separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region’s military said three Azerbaijani
soldiers were killed when they tried to cross the border.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, in turn, accused the Armenians of
trying to cross into its territory, according to a statement carried
by the Interfax news agency.
The two ex-Soviet neighbors have been locked in a conflict over
Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which along with some adjacent
territory has been under the control of Armenian soldiers and local
Armenian forces since a 1994 ceasefire that ended a six-year war.
Attempts at peaceful settlement have stalled.