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| Armenia May Recognize Karabakh as Independent State |
| 2016-05-07 |
| [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Armenia said Thursday it may consider formally recognizing the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region, in a move that would increase tensions with Azerbaijan just a month after festivities over the disputed territory claimed 110 lives. Armenia said it would debate a law that would recognize Karabakh as an independent country "in the event of fresh Azerbaijani aggression", according to a statement on the government's official website. At least 110 people died last month in the worst violence to hit Karabakh since an inconclusive ceasefire deal in 1994 halted a war that left some 30,000 people dead. The two sides never signed a definitive peace deal after Armenian separatists seized the territory from Azerbaijan, and have been rearming heavily in recent years. |
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