Azerbaijan says Armenian troops fired along border as tension escalates

Incident comes after Baku's warning to Yerevan over border troop build-up despite ongoing peace talks between the warring neighbours.

Azerbaijan said it had observed "intensive movement of troops in different directions." / Photo: Reuters Archive

The two countries' leaders have repeatedly expressed optimism about the prospect of reaching a lasting peace deal, but lingering territorial disputes between the two countries pose a constant risk of a renewed conflict. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have said a comprehensive peace agreement is within reach after Baku recaptured the breakaway Karabakh region from Armenian occupation last year in a lightning military operation.

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