The Vow Of Renewed Conflict In “Karabakh”.. An Azerbaijani Soldier Was Killed By Armenian Fire

INA-  sources

Baku announced the killing of an Azerbaijani soldier on Thursday by Armenian fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, indicating that the situation is still volatile in this disputed region, which was the scene of a bloody war last year.
 
This comes on the same day that the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia met in Minsk, where the two countries began talks to try to calm their relations.
 
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said in a statement that a soldier “was martyred by sniper fire from illegal Armenian armed elements,” denouncing the “provocation”.
 
The ministry added that Baku called on Russia and Turkey, which have set up a joint center to monitor compliance with the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, to investigate the matter.
 
In recent months, both Azerbaijan and Armenia have reported sporadic border shootings, developments that each time raise fears of a renewed conflict.
 
On September 27 last year, a war broke out between the two neighboring countries in the Caucasus for control of the Armenian enclave of Karabakh, killing about 6,500 people.
 
The hostilities ended in November with a Russian-brokered ceasefire that saw Armenia cede to Baku swathes of territory it had held for decades.
 
In Armenia, this agreement was considered a national humiliation, and sparked street protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.