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REUTERS
Armenia has accused Baku of violating a ceasefire agreement in the conflict over Azerbaijan s Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Armenia s Defense Ministry said Azerbaijani forces attacked positions held by ethnic Armenian forces, the so-called Karabakh Defense Army, in Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Hadrut district on December 12, RFE/RL wrote.
Azerbaijan s Defense Ministry issued a statement accusing the Armenian military of staging a provocation and insisted that the ceasefire agreement was holding.
Karabakh Defense Army officials said three of its fighters were wounded in clashes on December 11.
Russian peacekeepers monitoring the ceasefire agreement acknowledged violations in Hadrut on both days, but did not assign blame.
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