Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh remains elusive - 15 OCT 2008

The re-election of Ilham Aliyev as Azerbaijan's president is likely to focus attention once again on the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The area was established by the Soviet Union in the 1920s as an autonomous region within Azerbaijan. Its population was mainly ethnic Armenian but many Azeris lived there too.

On December 10, 1991 in a referendum boycotted by local Azerbaijanis, ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh approved the creation of an independent state.

For the next three years Armenian and Azerbaijani forces fought a fierce war that killed up to 30,000 people and created a million refugees.

A ceasefire left Nagorno-Karabakh under ethnic Armenian control, just like a large swathe of land linking the enclave with Armenia.

But sporadic clashes have continued, with several soldiers on either side reportedly killed in March. Nadim Baba reports from the area on the tensions that some fear could break out into a new conflict.

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[ararat123457]

@darthvader7888 stfu & go back to western Siberia where you belong.

& take your turkish cousins with you

[stevekhayo]

sam ty pidaras batar 096 ... tebe barranu tolkobi mechtat , chtob tvoy tuporiliy um xotyabi na 1 % rabotal kak u armyan ili evreiev

[batar096]

armani pidarasi ,i petuxi ,kakoi na xyi ODKB, vse v pizdu , vse znajyt kto prav,i kto takie Turki, Azeri, Gorgi,Dagi, .....armani. armani kak evrei.....

[azmazfulful]

TI RAB -- TI VOR -- TI ARMENIN

[nesimi77]

az qalıb sizin də axırınıza lap az

[nesimi77]

fuck you armenia

[YouTheory]

Every one Thumbs Up this: GUAM (Organization for Democracy and Economic Development), is enemy of CSTO, GUAM Members are: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan & Moldova, As we can see these 4 nations supported 2008 WAR in OSSETIA! And Azerbaijan was simultaneously planning for a war against Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh, this would promoted CSTO to declare war on GUAM member. CIA is big supporter of GUAM group.

[teymur214]

azeri forever !!!!! garabah nawa zemlya suki armeniya pidari ebal ya vawix semey

[MrAdsiz]

я вашу мать ебал армяшки

[darthvader7888]

Armenians already have a country, it's called "Armenia." If the Armenians don't like being in Azerbaijan, then they should fuck off to Armenia. Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan (not one country in the world recognizes the so-called "Republic of Nagorno-Karabkah")