Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia were renewed yesterday, as Yerevan announced the death of one of its soldiers in an exchange of fire with Baku’s forces, amid efforts to resolve the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

And while the Armenian Ministry of Defense confirmed the death of one of its soldiers in an exchange of fire in the city of Yersek in the Ararat canton, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense published, on Tuesday, a video recording accusing the Armenian forces of moving sectors in an area where Russian peacekeepers are deployed, near a border crossing linking Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Bagh is controlled by Azerbaijani forces.

Channels affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported information on alert in Iranian air bases located in the west of the country.

From Yerevan, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Ali Bagheri Kani, called, after talks with Armenian officials, for “wisdom and dialogue” to avoid escalation in the region.

In turn, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, in contact with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, offered assistance to facilitate peace talks between the two countries, calling for reopening the Lachin corridor to commercial and private vehicles.

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