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Grafik zeigt Details zum Berg-Karabach Konflikt mit update nach Abschuss eines armenischen Kampfjets.
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Neuer Aseri-Armenischer Konflikt

By Jordi Bou

September 29, 2020 - Schwere Kämpfe zwischen Truppen aus Armenien und Asebaidschan Truppen führte zu vielen Toten, auch unter Zivilisten, nach einem Aufflammen des jahrzehnte-alten Konflikts um die umstrittene Region Berg-Karabach.

The heavy fighting broke out Sunday in Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by the Armenian government since 1994 at the end of a separatist war.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, but the vast majority of the 150,000 population is ethnic Armenian and rejects Azeri rule. It survives on budget support from Armenia and donations from the worldwide Armenian diaspora.

Azerbaijan is backed by Turkey, which has close ethnic and cultural ties. Azerbaijan supplies Turkey with natural gas and crude oil.

Armenia has a defence alliance with Moscow. Russia has two military bases in Armenia but it is also friendly with Azerbaijan.

The renewed fighting prompted calls to end the hostilities from around the world.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed for “an immediate ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table" in phone calls with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a visit to Greece that “both sides must stop the violence" and work "to return to substantive negotiations as quickly as possible.”

Russia, which along with France and the United States co-chairs the Minsk group set up in 1992 to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, urged every country to help facilitate a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

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PUBLISHED: 30/09/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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