"We note with extreme concern the reports of continued military activities, including against civilian targets, as well as civilian casualties and urge the sides to ensure full respect of the agreement on the ground," Borrell said.
Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense on Sunday accused Armenia's armed forces of also shelling the city of Mingachevir and villages in the regions of Goranboy, Aghdam, Terter, Agjabedi, Fizuli and Jabrayil. Oct. 21 -- Hurricane Epsilon headed northeast away from the U.S. mainland Saturday morning, but was expected to bring high surf and rip tides to the coast. Armenia's armed forces launched missile attack against Azerbaijan's Mingachevir city, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev said.
The predominantly ethnic Armenian territory, a formerly autonomous territory which sits inside Azerbaijan, declared its independence from Baku in 1991 during the collapse of the Soviet Union, sparking a war that claimed the lives of as many as 30,000 people before a cease-fire was declared in 1994. Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, said Armenian forces shelled Azerbaijan’s second-largest city of Ganja with heavy artillery and rockets, killing one person and injuring 32 others. “Mingachevir … Azerbaijani President Aliyev has demanded the withdrawal of Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh as the only way to end the fighting. Harutyunyan warned that his forces would begin targeting other large cities in Azerbaijani and urged those cities to evacuate immediately. Its control has been a source of disagreement between the two nations since the Soviet Union dissolved in the early 1990s. Hurricane Epsilon expected to bring high surf to U.S. coast. "The political and military leadership of Armenia bears the responsibility for the aggravation of the situation in the region," the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. Authorities in the breakaway territory have warned that the "last battle" for the region has begun. The fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over Nagorno-Karabakh spilled over the disputed region’s borders Sunday. Oct. 22 (UPI) -- South Korea says it is in discussion with the United States following the discovery of defects on a newly acquired Global Hawk drone. Hajiyev’s claims were denied by Armenian defense forces, but Arayik Harutyunyan, the leader of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh, said in a post on Facebook that his forces targeted military objects in Ganja before he ordered them to stop to avoid killing civilians. Armenian and Azerbaijani forces ignored calls this past week by the United States, France and Russia for an immediate cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, as fighting escalated to levels not seen since the 1990s. Sudan, Israel agree to normalize ties in U.S.-brokered deal. The reports of attacks on Ganja and Mingachevir comes a day after Armenia said the territory’s capital, Stepanakert, was targeted by Azeri forces. Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Russia has granted former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden permanent residency, his lawyer said. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called the shelling "a war crime and a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions. Saad Hariri's return as Lebanese prime minister raises hope, skepticism. Copyright © 2020 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in the fighting that erupted one week ago Sunday. It is known as city of lights because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which splits the city in half. Coca-Cola to discontinue 200 brands in COVID-19 strategy shift, Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejects signature matching on mail-in ballots, October snowstorm set to smash early-season records, S.C. police say new DNA testing cracked 1976 cold murder case, Man held in N.C. plotted to attack Biden, federal officials say, Judge Amy Coney Barrett nominated to U.S. Supreme Court. Russia grants Edward Snowden permanent residency, says his lawyer. ", Turkey, a close Azerbaijani alley, on Sunday condemned the attack, while calling on the international community to "stop this lawlessness.". Within hours of the cease-fire taking effect at noon on Saturday, each side accused the other of breaching it.
Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Australian police have arrested nearly 50 people and rescued more than a dozen children as part of a wide-ranging abuse investigation, officials said Friday. BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The return of veteran politician Saad Hariri as Lebanon's prime minister was met with mixed reactions as the country plunges deeper into economic crisis and despair grows among an exhausted population. "The EU calls upon the sides to engage in substantive negotiations without delay.". Photo by Aziz Karimov/EPA-EFE, Conde wins 3rd term in Guinea as protests turn violent.
"Armenia's state terror against Azerbaijani civilians continues. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armenia's armed forces launched a missile attack against the Azeri industrial city of Mingachevir late on Sunday, Azeri presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev said. In a statement on Sunday, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Armenia shelled its second-largest city of Ganja, accusing it of deliberately attacking civilians and medical workers "as part of its aggressive policy against Azerbaijan.". "Mingachevir … Peace efforts in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, mediated by the Minsk Group, collapsed in 2010. The three countries co-chair the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Minsk Group, which is tasked with finding a peaceful solution.
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