New clashes erupt between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Published on: 09/14/2022 – 10:48 After heavy fighting which left at least 100 dead on Tuesday in the ranks of the Armenian army, clashes broke out again on Wednesday on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, whose relations are poisoned by a territorial dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The situation remains explosive between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Yerevan and Baku on Wednesday (September 14th) accused each other of carrying out new attacks, a day after the worst violence between the two countries since the 2020 war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. At least 100 Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers died Tuesday during these clashes. Russia has announced a ceasefire but the two sides have already accused each other of violating it. Armenia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Baku “has resumed its attacks with artillery, mortars and large-caliber weapons in the directions of Jermuk, Verin Chorja”. For its part, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry claimed on Wednesday morning that the Armenian forces had violated the ceasefire and “during the night shelled our positions in the areas of Kelbajar and Lachin with mortars and artillery”. Concern of the international communityArmenia and Azerbaijan, two rival ex-Soviet republics in the Caucasus, have clashed in two wars over the past three decades for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the last of which took place in 2020. The new fighting illustrates how tense the situation remains in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also on the official border between the two countries. Armenia called on the international community to react, while the European Union, the United States, France, Russia, Iran and Turkey all expressed serious concern and called for an end to the violence. Historically complicated, relations between Yerevan and Baku continue to be poisoned by their dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave mainly populated by Armenians who seceded from Azerbaijan with the support of Armenia. killed more than 30,000 people in the early 1990s, Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed again in the fall of 2020 for control of this mountainous region. More than 6,500 people were killed in this new war , lost by Armenia. With AFP