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France, U.S. and Russia to meet on Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears of regional war

France, U.S. and Russia to meet on Nagorno-Karabakh amid fears of regional war

NAILIA BAGIROVA, NVARD HOVHANNISYAN AND JOHN IRISH FRANCE, the United States and Russia will step up efforts to end fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus by holding talks in Geneva on Thursday, as fears of a regional war grow. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Russian, French and U.S. representatives would also meet in Moscow on Monday to look at ways to persuade the warring sides to negotiate a ceasefire. "We want everyone to understand that it's in their interest to immediately stop hostilities without conditions and that we start a negotiation," he told…
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Azeris and Armenians say civilian areas attacked, NATO seeks ceasefire

Azeris and Armenians say civilian areas attacked, NATO seeks ceasefire

NVARD HOVHANNISYAN and NAILIA BAGIVORA ARMENIA and Azerbaijan accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas on the ninth day of the deadliest fighting in the South Caucasus region for more than 25 years. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg added his voice to calls for an immediate end to the clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians. But prospects for a ceasefire appeared remote after the fighting intensified over the weekend and following uncompromising comments by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In an address to the nation…
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Turkey rejects ‘superficial’ Caucasus ceasefire calls

Turkey rejects ‘superficial’ Caucasus ceasefire calls

TURKEY has rejected "superficial" demands for a ceasefire in the South Caucasus, where it backs Azerbaijan, after a week of fierce fighting with ethnic Armenian forces in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. While Russia, the United States and France have called for an end to hostilities, regional power Turkey has staunchly supported the Azeris and has repeated that what it called Armenian "occupiers" must withdraw. Armenia said on Friday it would work with the three big powers toward a ceasefire. But Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said they should have no role in peacemaking and on Saturday said Ankara backs the…
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At least 16 dead in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan

At least 16 dead in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan

NVARD HOVHANNISYAN and NAILIA BAGIROVA AT least 16 military and several civilians have been killed in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016, reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets. The clashes between the two former Soviet republics, which fought a war in the 1990s, were the latest flare-up of a long-running conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region that is inside Azerbaijan but is run by ethnic Armenians. Nagorno-Karabakh said 16 of its serviceman had been killed and more than 100 wounded after Azerbaijan launched an…
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