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| 3 women killed in Azerbaijan's shelling of NE Armenia |
| 2015-09-25 |
| [Iran Press TV] Armenian​ officials say three women have bit the dust after the Azerbaijani army shelled Tavush region in northeastern Armenia. "A 70-year-old woman was killed in the village of Paravakar, and two other women, aged 94 and 41, were killed in the village of Berdavan. Two other civilians were maimed," said Armenia's Interior Ministry Spokesman Ashot Agaronyan on Thursday. Agaronyan added that the Azerbaijani armed forces continued to target the area with "large-caliber mortars" on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, ...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system... Armenia's Defense Ministry condemned the deadly attack as an "act of provocation," saying it will derail diplomatic efforts to resolve the decades-long border conflict between the two states. "Our neighbor's military leadership shows complete disdain towards diplomatic efforts aimed at finding a negotiated solution to the (Karabakh) conflict," the ministry said in a statement, adding, "Armenia will take appropriate steps to pacify Azerbaijani armed forces." This is while reports say that the foreign ministers of the two countries are scheduled to hold talks on the sidelines of the the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... General Assembly in New York. |
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