Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region took another turn on Sunday, with the two countries accusing each other of violating the latest cease-fire just minutes after it took effect.
The tiny region in the South Caucasus has been the site of hundreds of military and civilian deaths, significant property destruction and inflamed tensions since violence broke out between the two countries in late September, intensifying a decades-long conflict.
Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but governed by ethnic Armenians as a de facto independent state.
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A humanitarian cease-fire, brokered by Russia, initially took effect on Oct. 10 and was met almost immediately by allegations of truce violations from both sides: Azerbaijan accused Armenia of trying to attack its petroleum pipelines, while Armenians countered that Azerbaijan was still trying to seize the disputed territory.
Exactly one week later, Armenia and Azerbaijan issued identical statements agreeing to a “humanitarian truce” effective Oct. 18 at midnight local time.
They said the decision was based on statements by the presidents of France, Russia and the United States, which make up the OSCE Minsk Group that has worked to resolve the conflict since 1992.