4 Armenian soldiers killed as Azerbaijani army fires'retaliation for the previous day's shelling' Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting for many years over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia was defeated in September last year as a result of military action launched by Azerbaijan.
The two countries had been holding talks toward concluding a peace treaty, but there were reports that negotiations were stalling, and the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the renewed fighting was an act that ''undermines peace efforts''