The death toll from this week's border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan has exceeded 200. Among them, 135 Armenian soldiers were killed. And 77 people were killed in Azerbaijan. Officials from both countries confirmed this information on Friday (September 16). News from AFP.
The armies of the two countries last clashed in 2020 over control of the border region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan occupied several areas of Armenia in addition to the Nagorno-Karabakh region through that conflict.
On the border of the two neighboring countries, the conflict broke out again on Tuesday (September 13). It is the worst since the military conflict two years ago. Three days later, on Thursday (September 15), Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to an internationally mediated ceasefire. However, both sides are blaming each other for the conflict.
On Friday (September 16), Armenia said at least 135 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes with Azerbaijan. On the other hand, Azerbaijan released the new number of casualties and said that the number of casualties increased from 71 to 77.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the number of Armenians killed in the conflict at the moment is 135. Unfortunately, this is not the end. Many others are injured. A human rights organization in the country said that one civilian was killed and six people were injured in the firing by the Azerbaijani army.
Meanwhile, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she will visit Armenia on Saturday (September 17). He is making the trip as part of Western efforts to get Azerbaijan and Armenia to reach a peace deal.
