President Ilham Aliyev News
President Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijani forces have taken control of the strategically key city of Shushi in Nagorno-Karabakh were fighting with Armenia has raged for more than a month.
The clashes are the worst since the 1990s, when some 30,000 people were killed and are spreading beyond the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
They have raised international concern about stability in the South Caucasus, where pipelines carry Azeri oil and gas to world markets.
The conflict threatens to drag in other regional powers as Azerbaijan is supported by Turkey, while Armenia has a defence pact with Russia.
Hundreds of people have been killed in the past week of fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, including more than 40 civilians.
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