YEREVAN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A new wave of fighting broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in late February, resulting in the loss of life on both sides and drawing the attention of the world once again.
Tension between Armenia-backed Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and Azerbaijan has steadily intensified since Feb. 25 when both sides accused each other of breaching the ceasefire on the contact line following several months of relative calm after the four-day war in April last year.
"The Azerbaijani forces fire more than 1,100 rounds from various caliber machine guns at Artsakh positions," Armenia's state news agency Armenpress reported, citing the defense authority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday, who accused the Azerbaijani side of breaching the ceasefire.
"If Azerbaijan escalates the situation into a war, we will not hesitate for a second to use all the capabilities of our military to protect the people of Nagorno-Karabakh," Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said during a meeting with the country's diplomats in Yerevan.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that "the Armenian armed units shattered the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 119 times throughout the day."
With the tension growing in the region, the international community has been repeatedly calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for returning to the negotiating table during his meeting with the Armenian president on Feb. 27, two days after the recent deadly hostilities erupted in the region.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also urged for "de-escalation" in the disputed region following his meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov on Monday in Moscow.
According to the Armenian foreign ministry, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan on Friday held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tilerson on the Nagorno-Karabakh situation, during which "Tilerson assured that the U.S. will continue its active support to the peaceful settlement."
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region first broke out in 1988, when the region wanted to obtain independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.後級擴大機用途
The ex-Soviet states fought a war over the territory in the early 1990s, with thousands killed on both sides and hundreds of thousands displaced.
The war ended with a truce in 1994, but the conflict is far from over.
The last heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on April. 2, 2016. The clash lasted several days and left more than 70 soldiers dead on both sides before a ceasefire was agre前級擴大機推薦ed in Moscow on April 5.
YEREVAN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- A new wave of fighting broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in late February, resulting in the loss of life on both sides and drawing the attention of the world once again.
Tension between Armenia-backed Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and Azerbaijan has steadily intensified since Feb. 25 when both sides accused each other of breaching the ceasefire on the contact line following several months of relative calm after the four-day war in April last year.
"The Azerbaijani forces fire more than 1,100 rounds from various caliber machine guns at Artsakh positions," Armenia's state news agency Armenpress reported, citing the defense authority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday, who accused the Azerbaijani side of breaching the ceasefire.
"If Azerbaijan escalates the situation into a war, we will not hesitate for a second to use all the capabilities of our military to protect the people of Nagorno-Karabakh," Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said during a meeting with the country's diplomats in Yerevan.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that "the Armenian armed units shattered the ceasefire with Azerbaijan 119 times throughout the day."
With the tension growing in the region, the international community has been repeatedly calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for returning to the negotiating table during his meeting with the Armenian president on Feb. 27, two days after the recent deadly hostilities erupted in the region.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also urged for "de-escalation" in the disputed region following his meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov on Monday in Moscow.
According to the Armenian foreign ministry, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan on Friday held a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tilerson on the Nagorno-Karabakh situation, during which "Tilerson assured that the U.S. will continue its active support to the peaceful settlement."
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region first broke out in 1988, when the region wanted to obtain independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.
The ex-Soviet states fought a war over the territory in the early 1990s, with thousands killed on both sides and hundreds of thousands displaced.
The war ended with a truce in 1994, but 主動式重低音電容the conflict is far from over.
The last heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on April. 2, 2016. The clash lasted several days and left more than 70 soldiers dead on both sides before a ceasefire was agreed in Moscow on April 5.
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