YEREVAN (Sputnik) – On April 2, Armenia and Azerbaijan noted a sharp escalation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, with both sides accusing each other of violating the ceasefire that has been in place since 1994. Azerbaijan announced unilateral ceasefire on Sunday, but later said military actions were resumed.
“During morning battles, three enemy tanks were destroyed,” Armenian Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Ovannisyan said on his Facebook page.
#Karabakh army takes necessary measures to suppress #Azerbaijan aggression, confidently controlling the situation.
— Karabakh MOD (@Karabakh_MoD) April 4, 2016
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Initially, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988, when the Armenian-dominated autonomous region sought to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, before proclaiming independence after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. In September 2015, the conflict escalated, with the sides blaming each other for violating the truce.
