Azerbaijan Armenia war News
A top Armenian military delegation has landed in Delhi. They have come to Indian weapons.
Now the power of Made in India weapons will be visible in the fierce battle between Azerbaijan and Armenia. India has received a huge order of arms from Armenia. Armenia has shown interest in buying India's indigenous Pinaka rocket.
The Turkish government is supporting jihadist groups along with Pakistan to fight proxy wars in Syria, Libya and now Azerbaijan.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are involved in a tussle for the control of region Nagorno Karabakh which is extrapolated and inflamed by the actions of Turkey and Pakistan.
Armenia`s prime minister said he saw no possibility of a diplomatic solution at this stage in the conflict with Azerbaijan over the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
His comments, after Azerbaijan`s president said he believed the conflict could be solved militarily, increased doubts over a diplomatic initiative by major powers to bring peace to the South Caucasus region.
A new ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh appeared to be in jeopardy on Monday, with ethnic Armenian forces and Azerbaijan accusing each other of renewed shelling.
The ceasefire was agreed on October 17 (Saturday) after a deal brokered by Russia a week earlier failed to halt the worst fighting in the South Caucasus since the 1990s. More than 1,000 people have been killed since fighting began on September 27.
Azerbaijan accused Armenia on Wednesday of trying to attack its gas and oil pipelines and warned of a "severe" response.
Tensions rose sharply around a fraying ceasefire in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia denied the claim and said Azeri forces were trying to seize control of the tiny territory, which is governed by ethnic Armenians.
The Azerbaijani authorities said Sunday that nine civilians have been killed and over 30 wounded after Armenian forces fired missiles overnight on Ganja, Azerbaijan's second-largest city.
Armenia, Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire starting Saturday midnight, prisoners will be exchanged and bodies of those killed in the conflict will be handed over.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the statement after a 10-hour-long talk with both the Armenian and Azeri counterparts in Moscow on Friday.
At least 400 people have been killed in the war between the countries since it broke out on September 27.
The deadliest war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continued on Friday even as talks in Moscow are expected to halt the fighting.
The talks are expected to be the first diplomatic contact between the enemies since fighting over the enclave erupted on September 27, killing hundreds of people.
Russia was set to host talks with the Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers on Friday, a day after France, Russia and the United States discussed the conflict in Geneva.
Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Monday of attacking civilian areas and said the death toll was rising from the deadliest fighting.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg added his voice to calls for an immediate end to the clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The region is a mountain enclave that belongs to Azerbaijan under international law but is populated and governed by ethnic Armenians.
The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued for the ninth day on Monday even as both countries have rejected the international community's appeal to end the war. The fighting over the region began on September 27 and has escalated to its deadliest level since the 1990s.
Meanwhile, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has put forward some conditions to end the war.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US had spoken to the leaders of the two countries and urged them to ceasefire.
Mike Pompeo urged third parties who were involved to remove themselves from the conflict, even as Armenia has alleged that Turkey is involved in the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
As the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan rages on for fifth day leading to several casualties, India voiced its concern and called for restraint between the two nations.
Calling the development "disturbing", Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Shrivastava said, "India is concerned over the situation..."
"India believes any lasting resolution to the conflict can only be achieved peacefully through diplomatic negotiation," he said.
Pakistani troops are fighting in Azerbaijan against Armenia as their presence have been reported in Azerbaijan, according to reports.
A telephonic conversation between two locals Azerbaijanis mentioned about the presence of Pakistani soldiers in the territory.
The telephonic conversation, telecasted by Free News.AM, has claimed that the locals were heard telling each other about the presence of Pakistani troops into their areas.
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