On Monday, Azerbaijan and Armenia confirmed the death of several Azeri soldiers and the wounding of Armenian soldiers and police during a border clash.
The border clash involved exchanges of fire that started from Sunday and continued till Monday.
Both countries accuse each other of ceasefire violations and shelling.
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan accused the Armenian leadership of a “provocation.”
Whereas, the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the leadership of Azerbaijan would be accountable for “the unpredictable consequences of the regional destabilization.”
The defence ministry of Azeri reported four of its soldiers killed and five wounded while Armenia’s ministry stated three of its soldiers and two police officers wounded in the border clashes.
A security watchdog, namely, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), called upon the two countries to talk to each other to stop any further escalation of the situation.
The U.S. State Department condemned the violence, urged the two countries to put an end to using force immediately and stated it would “remain actively engaged in efforts” to help the countries reach a peaceful agreement.
Though a ceasefire was agreed in 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia continue to accuse each other of shooting attacks around Nagorno-Karabakh and along the separate Azeri-Armenian frontier.