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| Death toll rises in Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes ahead of talks | Death toll rises in Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes ahead of talks |
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| Fighting raged between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh overnight in the run-up to talks aimed at quelling the disputed territory’s worst violence in decades. | Fighting raged between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh overnight in the run-up to talks aimed at quelling the disputed territory’s worst violence in decades. |
| Sixteen Azeri soldiers and four civilians have been killed over the past two days, according to Azerbaijan’s defence ministry and the prosecutor-general’s office. | Sixteen Azeri soldiers and four civilians have been killed over the past two days, according to Azerbaijan’s defence ministry and the prosecutor-general’s office. |
| Related: Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict is a reminder of Europe's instability | Related: Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict is a reminder of Europe's instability |
| The death toll from both sides since the clashes in the Caucasus erupted on Friday is at least 64, according to an AFP estimate based on official reports. | The death toll from both sides since the clashes in the Caucasus erupted on Friday is at least 64, according to an AFP estimate based on official reports. |
| “Armenia continued firing at Azerbaijani army positions and civilian targets using large-calibre machine guns and 120-millimetre mortars,” the ministry said as clashes entered a fourth day. | “Armenia continued firing at Azerbaijani army positions and civilian targets using large-calibre machine guns and 120-millimetre mortars,” the ministry said as clashes entered a fourth day. |
| The rebel defence ministry in Karabakh said that “Azerbaijan continued its aggression throughout the night. It used [a Russian-made] Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher system at the southern sector of the front.” | The rebel defence ministry in Karabakh said that “Azerbaijan continued its aggression throughout the night. It used [a Russian-made] Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher system at the southern sector of the front.” |
| Azerbaijan’s defence ministry later said that a ceasefire had been agreed with separatists and that it had come into force at noon local time (9am BST) on Tuesday. | |
| The ministry said in a statement that the operations of Azerbaijani and Karabakh troops “have been stopped”. | |
| Russia and the west have called for an end to the fighting. Mediators from Russia, the US and France will meet in Vienna on Tuesday under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. | Russia and the west have called for an end to the fighting. Mediators from Russia, the US and France will meet in Vienna on Tuesday under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. |
| Armenian-backed separatists seized control of the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region, a majority ethnic Armenian area in Azerbaijan, in an early 1990s war that claimed about 30,000 lives. | Armenian-backed separatists seized control of the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region, a majority ethnic Armenian area in Azerbaijan, in an early 1990s war that claimed about 30,000 lives. |
| The sides have never signed a peace deal despite a 1994 ceasefire, and sporadic violence regularly claims the lives of soldiers on both sides, though the latest outbreak represents a serious escalation. | The sides have never signed a peace deal despite a 1994 ceasefire, and sporadic violence regularly claims the lives of soldiers on both sides, though the latest outbreak represents a serious escalation. |
| Energy-rich Azerbaijan, whose military spending exceeds Armenia’s entire state budget, has repeatedly threatened to take back the breakaway region by force. | Energy-rich Azerbaijan, whose military spending exceeds Armenia’s entire state budget, has repeatedly threatened to take back the breakaway region by force. |