17 June 2017•Update: 18 June 2017
By Ruslan Rehimov
BAKU, Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani military has killed six Armenian soldiers in border clashes in the last two days, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.
In a statement, the ministry said the Armenian soldiers were killed as part of a retaliatory measure against artillery fire from the Armenian side.
It said one Azerbaijani soldier was also killed in the clash.
The two countries dispute the occupied Karabakh region, which pro-Armenian militia took over in 1993, and clashes are nothing new.
In April 2016, more than 270 military personnel lost their lives in the worst-ever breach of a 1994 treaty between both sides, according to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
Three UN Security Council Resolutions (853, 874 and 884), and United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 19/13 and 57/298 refer to Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe refers to the region as being occupied by Armenian forces.
