1st LD: Six dead in Azerbaijan-Armenia border clashes
Xinhua, October 10, 2015 Adjust font size:
Azerbaijani troops on Friday killed six Armenian soldiers in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said Saturday.
One Azerbaijani soldier was also wounded as a result of heavy clashes starting late Friday in the enclave claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia, the ministry said in a statement.
The Azerbaijani army has controlled the combat situation, it added.
The two ex-Soviet nations regularly exchanged fire along their shared border and across Karabakh's volatile frontline, and clashes intensified last month.
Clashes along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and around Nagorno-Karabakh have stoked fears of a wider conflict breaking out in the South Caucasus, which is crossed by oil and gas pipelines.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh seized by Armenia-backed forces from Azerbaijan in 1991. Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached. Endi