BAKU – An Azerbaijani soldier was killed in border clashes with Armenian forces, two weeks after the arch-rivals held talks to ease tension following their war last year.
The development was confirmed by Azerbaijan’s defence ministry, stating that a soldier “was killed overnight as a result of a provocation by Armenia’s armed forces” near shared border between the countries.
“Full responsibility for the escalation lies with Armenia’s political and military leaders,” the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Armenia has blamed Azerbaijan for provocation at the border, adding that Baku was opened fire on their border posts on Wednesday night.
The neighbouring engaged in six-week long war during last autumn over the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh which has claimed more than 6,500 lives.
The border tension between the two countries came to an end in last November with a Russian-brokered ceasefire under which Armenian handed over the control of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.
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