The conflict between the Caucasus states of Armenia and Azerbaijan is reaching a climax. Four Armenian soldiers were killed and one wounded on Friday. There are reported to have been fire between the army positions in the Sotk district and in the Kelbecer district.
While the Armenian Ministry of Defense spoke of four dead and one wounded, the Azerbaijani side reported that three soldiers were injured. The information could not be independently verified. The high mountain area on the border where the mutual shelling took place is about 120 kilometers east of the Armenian capital Yerevan. The Azerbaijani government is said to be gathering troops and heavy weapons there.
120,000 people have been cut off from supplies
The soldiers have only returned to the scene since victory in a weeks-long war in 2020. In addition, the Azerbaijani army has been blocking the connection road from Armenia to the inhabited enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan for months. About 120,000 people are now short of food, medicine, electricity and fuel.
The EU is currently trying to mediate for them. Council President Charles Michel and the EU’s Special Envoy to the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, have been in regular contact with the two governments and representatives of the affected population in recent weeks. They want to lift the blockade, a spokesman for Michels said Friday.
The humanitarian situation in the affected Nagorno-Karabakh region is steadily deteriorating. This also has to do with the fact that another corridor, the Lachin corridor, must be opened up for the supply of goods, according to the report. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced a “diplomatic initiative” in the conflict.
This has been around since the collapse of the former Soviet Union and has so far claimed about 30,000 lives (see conflict video above). Under international law, the region belongs to Azerbaijan, but is largely inhabited by Armenians.
Source: Krone
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