Armenia’s PM claims 49 troopers died in clashes with Azerbaijan

A trench at a border checkpoint among Armenia and Azerbaijan in the vicinity of the village of Sotk, Armenia.

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Armenia’s Primary Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported 49 Armenian services personnel died through right away clashes with Azerbaijan, the Interfax information company claimed.

In a speech to Armenia’s parliament, Pashinyan claimed Baku had attacked Armenia’s positions overnight and that preventing was ongoing.

Both of those Armenia and Azerbaijan have blamed each other for the escalation in hostilities, the newest dispute in many years-old tensions involving the nations in excess of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh location.

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