Armenia PM visits wounded soldiers in hospital

Armenia's prime minister on Friday visited a military hospital where he met with soldiers wounded in country's conflict with Azerbaijan over separatist region of Nagor-Karabakh, according to a statement issued by prime minister's press office. On Saturday, rocket and artillery barr hit residential areas hours after United States hosted top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan for talks on settling ir deces-long conflict over Nagor-Karabakh.

heavy shelling forced residents of Stepanakert, regional capital of self-proclaimed Republic of Nagor-Karabakh, into shelters, as emergency teams rushed to extinguish fires.Nagor-Karabakh authorities said or towns in region were also targeted by Azerbaijani artillery fire.re was immediate information about casualties.Officials in Azerbaijan claimed that town of Terter and areas in Gubli region came under Armenian shelling early Saturday, killing a teenr.

y said that ar 13-year-old boy died Saturday of wounds he received in an earlier shelling of Ganja, Azerbaijan's second-largest city.Nagor-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenian government since 1994 at end of a separatist war following breakup of Soviet Union three years earlier.

current fighting that started Sept. 27 marks worst escalation in conflict since war’s end.After two failed attempts by Russia to broker a truce, U.S. wed onto scene on Friday, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hosting Armenian and Azerbaijan foreign ministers for separate talks.

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