Jerevan: The Ministry of Defense Armenia said on Wednesday that three troops were killed and two more injured in clashes with the Azerbaijan troops on the border between the two former Soviet countries, which were locked in the pull war for decades after the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Ministry of Defense Azerbaijan said two soldiers were injured on Wednesday.
The two countries have accused each other starting clashes.
Azerbaijan said Armenian troops opened fire on his position in the Border section of Kalbajar.
The Armenian military said his personnel were attacked by Azerbaijan forces.
The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement that “the Azerbaijan side has deliberately started escalation,” and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Azerbaijan said in turn that “the responsibility to worsen the situation by making other provocations on the Azeri-Azerbaijan border fully has Armenian political leadership “The tension on the border has boiled since May, when Armenia protested what was described as an Azerbaijan troops to his territory.
Azerbaijan insisted that the soldiers were deployed for what was considered the territory in areas where the border had not been restricted.
After a clash on Wednesday, the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry urged Armenia “to stop military provocation and start negotiations on the border restrictions of two countries.” The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs vowed to “use all the military-political tools in accordance with international law” in response “with the use of strength by Azerbaijan to the integrity of Armenian region.” More than 6,000 people killed last fall in six weeks struggling over Nagorno-Karabakh, located in Azerbaijan but was under the control of Armenian ethnic forces supported by Armenia since the separatist war ended in 1994.
The hostility ended with Russia – another peace agreement on November allowed Azerbaijan to regain control of most Nagorno-Karabakh and its surroundings, which was controlled by separatists supported by Armenia for more than 25 years.