The situation remains explosive between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Yerevan and Baku on Wednesday (September 14th) accused each other of carrying out new attacks, in the aftermath of the worst violence between the two countries since the 2020 war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

At least 100 Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers died in the clashes on Tuesday.

Russia has announced a ceasefire but both sides have already accused each other of violating it.

The Armenian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Baku “has resumed its attacks with artillery, mortars and large-caliber weapons in the directions of Jermuk, Verin Chorja”.

For its part, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense claimed on Wednesday morning that the Armenian forces had violated the ceasefire and "during the night bombarded our positions in the areas of Kelbajar and Lachin with mortars and artillery". .

Concern of the international community

Armenia and Azerbaijan, two rival ex-Soviet republics in the Caucasus, have fought each other in two wars over the past three decades for control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the last of which was in 2020.

The new fighting illustrates how tense the situation remains in Nagorno-Karabakh, but also on the official border between the two countries. 

Armenia called on the international community to react, while the European Union, the United States, France, Russia, Iran and Turkey all expressed serious concern and called for an end to the violence.

Historically complicated, relations between Yerevan and Baku continue to be poisoned by their dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave mainly populated by Armenians that seceded from Azerbaijan with the support of Armenia.

After a first war that killed more than 30,000 people in the early 1990s, Armenia and Azerbaijan clashed again in the fall of 2020 for control of this mountainous region.

More than 6,500 people were killed in this new war, lost by Armenia.

With AFP

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