According to Yerevan, renewed border clashes have erupted between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.
A day after deadly fighting threatened to derail European Union-led weekend peace talks between the Caucasus arch-foes.
Azerbaijan’s Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh is at the centre of a decades-long territorial dispute between Baku and Yerevan. They have fought two wars over it
On Friday morning, “Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Sotk (eastern part of the state border) using UAVs”.
The defence ministry in Yerevan said in a statement.
Thus, the Armenian armed forces reported two wounded servicemen, one in critical condition.
Therefore, Border clashes on Thursday left an Azerbaijani serviceman dead and four Armenian troops injured.
European Council President Charles Michel will lead talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev scheduled for Sunday in Brussels.
The rival leaders had also agreed to jointly meet the leaders of France and Germany on the sidelines of a European summit in Moldova on June 1. According to the EU.
Also, Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of looking to “undermine the talks” in Brussels.
Thus, He warned there was “very little” chance of signing a peace deal with Azerbaijan at the meeting.
The EU-led diplomacy comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers to Washington for negotiations in early May.