
Armenia/Azerbaijan
There are wounded or killed in a border area between Armenia and Azerbaijan where Azerbaijani forces opened fire on Monday, according to Armenia’s Defense Ministry AFP reported. “There are victims on the Armenian side after shelling by Azerbaijani armed forces,” the ministry said. The ministry did not provide further details on the number of victims. Authorities in Azerbaijan reject the accusation from Armenia. There are no further details yet about what exactly happened.
On Monday, Armenia’s government called on the European Union to impose sanctions on Azerbaijan over a military operation in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani forces have taken control after a lightning offensive that sent more than 100,000 Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh within a week. /ritzau/