UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Nagorno-Karabakh

An Azerbaijan's rocket launches from a missile system at the contact line of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.

Fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh is continuing. Source: Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry

The UN's security council will convene tonight to discuss the issue of the conflict at Nagorno-Karabakh.


Meanwhile the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is in its second day. Both sides are blaming each other for initiating the conflict, while the reports on the number of causalties vary.

Azerbaijan claims that its forces have destroyed 550 troops, something that Armenia denies.
Peter Stano, the European Commission's lead spokesman foreign affairs said the European Union is calling for an immedieate ceasefire:
"We hope and we urge everyone to do everything they can in order to prevent an all-out war for breaking out because this is the last thing the region needs. The escalation around Nagorno Karabakh is very worrying because it is carries the risk of serious escalation and serious consequences for the regional stability and that is why the EU has officially called on both sides to refrain from violence, to stop immediately the armed confrontations, we called for an immediate cease fire, cessation of hostilities, de-escalation and strict observance of the cease fire."

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People in the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, on a border of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Territorial conflict has broken out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, with both sides reporting civilian deaths. Source: ARMENIAN FOREIN MINISTRY PRESS O
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