Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of seeking all-out war. Nikol Pashinyan's statements come two days after border skirmishes between his country and Azerbaijan.

Tensions remain high since Baku regained control over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh last September in a lightning military attack. The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in his inauguration speech yesterday, Wednesday, that “Ar Armenia, not Azerbaijan, is the one that has outstanding territorial claims. They must abandon their claims”