Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Azerbaijan says no end to fight until Armenia withdraws troops

Amid rising tensions in Nagor-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan’s President, on October 4, said that country will t cease military action until Armenia withdraws its troops from disputed region. two former Soviet republics have been locked in a simmering conflict for deces over Nagor-Karabakh region, which is an ethnic Armenian enclave with Azerbaijan. In a televised dress to nation, Ilham Aliyev said that Azeri forces were vancing in a week-long offensive to retake lands that y lost to ethnic Armenians in 1990s. 

Aliyev said, “Azerbaijan has one condition, and that is liberation of its territories. Nagor-Karabakh is territory of Azerbaijan. We must return and we shall return. My condition is following: let m withdraw ir troops, and confrontation will be stopped, but this should t be in words, but in deeds”. 

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Azeri President said that international community h failed for three deces to enforce UN resolutions or put pressure on Armenia to return Azeri territories. His mess me clear that Azerbaijan would t entertain calls for an immediate ceasefire that countries including Russia, United States and European Union have urged. 

Aliyev said, “Azerbaijan has one condition, and that is liberation of its territories”. He ded, “Nagor-Karabakh is territory of Azerbaijan. We must return and we shall return”. 

Meanwhile, on October 2, Armenia h said that it is prepared to work with international mediators to reach a ceasefire with Azerbaijan. Armenian foreign ministry, in a statement, said that country ‘stands rey’ to eng with France, Russia and US in a bid to ‘re-establish ceasefire regime’. However, officials also ded that aggression against disputed region will continue to receive ir ‘strong and resolute response’. 

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Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict 

new fight, which erupted on September 27, is considered to be heaviest in deces. Hundreds of people have been killed in past week, including over 40 civilians. fight between two countries has raised international concern about stability in South Caucasus, where pipelines carry Azeri oil and gas to world markets. 

With fears of clashes expanding into an all-out, multi-front war, re is a possibility that fighting could also stuck in regional powers Turkey and Russia. While Ankara is Azerbaijan’s strongest supporter, Moscow, on or hand, has a military base in Armenia. Earlier, Armenia even accused Turkey of supplying fighters to conflict, drawing m out of rrn-Syria. 

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