Four Armenian soldiers killed in new Azerbaijan border flare-up - BBC News

The attack is the deadliest since Armenia and Azerbaijan began discussing a peace deal.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ALAIN JOCARD/AFPImage caption, Armenia has rejected Azerbaijani claims that its forces opened fire before the attack (file pic)By Paul Kirby in London & Konul Khalilova in BakuBBC NewsArmenia says four soldiers have been killed and a fifth wounded, in the first flare-up of violence on the border with Azerbaijan since the two neighbours began talks on a peace deal.

Azerbaijan said it had destroyed an Armenian combat post in the south in retaliation for an earlier incident.

Last year Azerbaijan recaptured its Nagorno-Karabakh region held for decades by ethnic Armenians.

Armenia has now accused its neighbour of trying to escalate tensions.

The attack in Armenia's south-eastern Syunik province also comes days after Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev won a fifth term in office, and local commentators have raised concerns that he may be considering further military action to seize Armenian territory.

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