Azerbaijan ceasefire ‘in place’ after 30 die

Azerbaijan’s defence ministry has announced a unilateral ceasefire against the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a claim that rebel forces there promptly rejected.

Azerbaijan ceasefire ‘in place’ after 30 die

Fighting in what was a dormant conflict for two decades flared up over the weekend with a boy and at least 30 troops killed on both sides. Each side blamed the other for Saturday’s escalation, the worst since the end of a full-scale war in 1994.

The defence ministry said, in response to pleas from international organisations, it will be unilaterally “suspending a counter-offensive and response on the territories occupied by Armenia”.

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