Russian peacekeepers deployed to the region to monitor the peace deal reported a violation of the cease-fire in the Gadrut region on Friday. The report issued Saturday by the Russian Defense Ministry didn t assign blame.
Later in the day, the Armenian Defense Ministry also charged that the Azerbaijani army mounted an attack in the south of Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reacted on Saturday by blaming Armenia for the new clashes and threatened to break its head with an iron fist.”
“Armenia shouldn t try to start it all over again,” Aliyev said during a meeting with top diplomats from the United States and France who have tried to mediate the decades-old conflict. ”It must be very cautious and not plan any military action. This time, we will fully destroy them. It mustn t be a secret to anyone.
Pastinfo: Azerbaijani military units are accumulating in mountains near Jermuk, they will build a military unit
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National News Agency - Nagorno-Karabakh: Russian army reports ceasefire breach
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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange accusations of truce violation
Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange accusations of truce violation
Moscow, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) In his visit to this capital the Armenian Minister of Defense, Vagarshak Arutiunian, accused today Azerbaijan of violating the truce agreed for the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, while Baku issued similar denunciations against Armenia. Arutiunian discussed with his Russian colleague, Sergei Shoigu, what he described as a violation of the ceasefire regime agreed in the joint declaration of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia last November 9, by which a peace contingent was deployed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Armenian Defense Minister referred to an incident that occurred on Saturday in the region of Gadrut, in the south of the aforementioned moutains.
UAWire - Armed clashes continue in Nagorno-Karabakh
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