Tag: #Nargono
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Failed talks, battlefield impasse: Karabakh faces long war
Tbilisi, Oct 17 (AFP/APP):Three weeks of indiscriminate shelling, hate-filled rhetoric and sluggish diplomacy over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh province have yielded no decisive breakthroughs and instead fuelled fears of a gruelling fight of attrition. Azerbaijan and the Armenian separatists who control its Karabakh region have been locked in a bitter impasse over the fate of the…
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Pakistan rejects Armenian PM’s allegations about Pak special forces
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP):Pakistan on Saturday rejected Armenian Prime Minister’s allegations referring to some unsubstantiated reports about involvement of Pakistani special forces alongside Azerbaijani army in the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “We categorically reject these baseless and unwarranted comments by the Armenian Prime Minister. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has also clarified his…
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Pompeo urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to implement ceasefire
Washington, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to fulfill an agreed ceasefire that has not been holding. The United States calls on Azerbaijan and Armenia to implement their commitments to a ceasefire as agreed and cease targeting civilian areas, such as Ganja and Stepanakert. We deplore…
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Armenia, Azerbaijan clash over Karabakh as Russia urges halt
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):Russia on Monday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately start observing a ceasefire agreed over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as intense fighting between the two Caucasus rivals cast fresh doubt over the accord. Armenia and Azerbaijan have for the last two weeks engaged in bitter clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region…
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In war-hit Karabakh capital, residents inspect destroyed homes
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 11 (AFP/APP):Guennadi Avanessian had a big two-storey house at 28 Saroyan Street, with a wooden terrace and vines laden with dark grapes. But his comfortable middle-class home in a well-off street in the capital of war-hit Nagorno-Karabakh region has been smashed to pieces during the conflict between neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia. “I…
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Shadow of history makes Karabakh solution elusive
Paris, Oct 9 (AFP/APP):When Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shared a platform in a rare encounter at February’s Munich Security Conference, they were both asked to give a historical overview of Nagorno-Karabakh. It did not end well. “In order to talk about how to resolve the conflict first we need…
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Armenia ready for ‘mutual concessions’ with Azerbaijan on Karabakh: PM
Yerevan, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):Armenia is ready to make concessions in its conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Tuesday, but only if Baku is willing to do the same. “Conflicts need to be resolved on the basis of mutual concessions,” Pashinyan told AFP in an interview in Yerevan. “Nagorno-Karabakh is ready, and…
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UN chief condemns escalating violence in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 06 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the continuing escalation of violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone between Armenia and Azerbaijan despite repeated international appeals for them to immediately stop the fighting. “He is gravely concerned by reports of the extension of hostilities, including the targeting of populated areas. He reminds all…
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Fears grow for civilians as Karabakh fighting rages
Goris, Armenia, Oct 5 (AFP/APP):Clashes between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces were raging on Monday over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as fears grew for civilians after the two sides began shelling major cities. Separatist forces in Karabakh — an ethnic Armenian enclave that broke away from Azerbaijan in the 1990s — reported firefights along the frontline…
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People of the World! The Ottoman era will revive: Erdogan
ANKARA: According to reports, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that a new era is about to begin after the sanctions are lifted. Addressing the 27th session of the Turkish Parliament, he said that world powers around the world are proud to raise their voices for the Palestinian nation and the oppressed Muslims around…