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- ‘An immediate cessation of hostilities’: Putin, Macron & Trump issue joint statement demanding end to Nagorno-Karabakh violence
The Presidents of Russia, France, and the US have called for an immediate end to the escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh. The leaders chair the OSCE Minsk Group, tasked with ending the Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict.Oct 1, 2020 13:06Russia & Former Soviet Union - Azerbaijan & Armenia at war: What you need to know about bloody conflict over long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh (MAP)The bloody flareup between Azerbaijan and Armenia over a territorial dispute risks escalating into a major regional war. Here is how the two former Soviet republics got locked into a conflict rooted in feuds as old as the hills.Oct 1, 2020 07:07Russia & Former Soviet Union
- Azerbaijan has ‘handed over’ command of its Air Force operations in Nagorno-Karabakh to Turkey, Armenian Defense Ministry claimsThe Azerbaijani military has passed control of its air force operations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region to Turkey, Yerevan claimed on Wednesday. Ankara dismissed the allegation, labeling Yerevan's assertions "propaganda."Sep 30, 2020 21:14Russia & Former Soviet Union
- Russia ‘deeply concerned’ about reports of mercenaries from Syria & Libya being sent to fight in disputed Nagorno-KarabakhMoscow has condemned the alleged use of “foreign mercenaries and terrorists” in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, calling them a threat to the entire region that must “immediately” be withdrawn.Sep 30, 2020 19:10Russia & Former Soviet Union
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Armenia isn't looking for peacekeepers from Russian-led CSTO to intervene, says PM PashinyanArmenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said his country has the means to defend itself in the escalating conflict with Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. He indicated Yerevan wasn’t planning to seek assistance from its allies.Sep 30, 2020 11:20Russia & Former Soviet Union
- RT crew films remains of downed Azerbaijani drone on frontline of Nagorno-Karabakh conflictAn RT crew has become the first media team to visit the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, filming the debris of a military UAV that had been shot down shortly beforehand.Sep 30, 2020 00:11Russia & Former Soviet Union
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