Azerbaijan Claims Soldier Killed Near Karabakh

Apparently having forgotten about their breaches of ceasefire, they're on to something new:

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry says Armenian forces shot dead an Azerbaijani soldier near the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Armenia's Defense Ministry denies the charge. The Armenian side said its soldiers were preserving the cease-fire agreement in the area. Azerbaijan does not recognize the independence of the predominantly ethnic-Armenian territory, which has been under dispute since a six-year conflict that ended with a 1994 cease-fire.

We'll see what becomes of this story.

Source: RFE/RL

Azeris Double Number of Ceasefire Breaches

I'm surprised as to the extent of the ceasefires, which are not merely machine guns going off by mistake or confusion.

Armenian troops have registered this year 581 instances of ceasefire breaches by Azerbaijani troops along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, a significant rise from 273 breaches last year. A spokesman for the Armenian defense ministry Seyran Shahsuvarian said Armenian troops had to retaliate to only 58 breaches. He said this year Azeri troops used large-caliber machine guns and grenade cup dischargers when violating the ceasefire. Three Armenian villages of Voskepar, Aygepar and Chinar, all located in the north western province of Tavush, were shelled by Azeris eight times each.

What do they want from us?

Source: ArmenPress