The former Soviet Union of Armenia has announced that four soldiers have been killed by artillery fire from neighboring Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan has accused the attack of being a retaliatory attack for the previous day's shelling, raising concerns that tensions between the two countries, which have been at odds over disputed territory, could rise again.
Armenia's Ministry of Defense announced on the 13th that four soldiers were killed and one injured in an artillery attack by Azerbaijani forces on its southern border, which Azerbaijan accused of retaliating for the previous day's shelling. Did.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting for many years over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, but 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.'' ” he accused.
Spokesman Peskov of the Russian presidential palace, who has played a mediating role, said, ``We ask both sides to exercise restraint. We will closely monitor the situation,'' raising concerns that military tensions between the two countries could rise again. I am.