BAKU (Sputnik) — Early on Saturday, Armenia and Azerbaijan noted a sharp escalation of the situation in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh area, with both sides accusing each other of violating the ceasefire that has been in place since 1994.
"The situation remains tense <…> The Azerbaijani villages, located along the frontline, came under fire by the Armenian side. There are no casualties," Dargahli told RIA Novosti.
"casualties on both sides" after heavy clashes in Nagorno-#Karabakh #Azerbaijanhttps://t.co/fEpNj5BVBW
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) April 2, 2016
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988, when the Armenian-dominated autonomous region sought to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, before proclaiming independence after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. In September 2015, the conflict escalated, with the sides blaming each other for violating the truce.
At least 32 dead from clashes in #Nagorno-#Karabakh https://t.co/BTszep8fNP pic.twitter.com/nt1CF4ofXT
— RFE/RL (@RFERL) April 2, 2016
