Armenian separatists hurt in skirmish with Azerbaijan
Separatist officials in the breakaway location of Nagorno-Karabakh said Saturday that 3 fighters were wounded found in a skirmish with Azerbaijani forces, undermining a recent peace package brokered by Russia.
The defense ministry in the ethnically Armenian province said in a statement that Azerbaijani troops attacked Friday evening and that “three Armenian servicemen were injured through the ensuing gunfight.”
It added that the fighters were in a stable condition and an investigation in to the incident was under method. Six weeks of fighting between separatists supported by Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region ended last month following the two sides decided to a peace package that found the Armenians cede swathes of disputed territory.
More than 5,000 people including civilians were killed during the fighting in the Caucasus between your ex-Soviet rivals, which fought a battle in the 1990s above the mountainous region.Nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers have deployed to the region and Baku’s close ally Turkey has said it.
