Two Armenian soldiers were killed in fighting with Azerbaijani forces around Nagorno-Karabakh Friday, with each country blaming the other for violating the cease-fire.
Apart from the latest violence, the truce is generally holding. Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have reached a temporary deal to search for and evacuate their dead, with help from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The recent fighting has drawn condemnations as well as calls for resuming efforts toward an ultimate settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The United States, France and Russia, as part of the so-called OSCE Minsk Group, have tried to act as mediators for peace talks, but without visible results.
Russia has taken its own actions outside the Minsk Group, with senior envoys shuttling between Baku and Yerevan.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev traveled to Azerbaijan's capital Friday for talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. Medvedev met with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan on Thursday...
[voanews.com]
8/4/16
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Apart from the latest violence, the truce is generally holding. Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have reached a temporary deal to search for and evacuate their dead, with help from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The recent fighting has drawn condemnations as well as calls for resuming efforts toward an ultimate settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The United States, France and Russia, as part of the so-called OSCE Minsk Group, have tried to act as mediators for peace talks, but without visible results.
Russia has taken its own actions outside the Minsk Group, with senior envoys shuttling between Baku and Yerevan.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev traveled to Azerbaijan's capital Friday for talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. Medvedev met with Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian in Yerevan on Thursday...
[voanews.com]
8/4/16
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