The United States is "deeply concerned" about reports of attacks along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, "including reported strikes against settlements and civilian infrastructure inside Armenia," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a Monday night statement.
"As we have long made clear, there can be no military solution to the conflict," he noted.
"We urge an end to any military hostilities immediately," Blinken added.
Fresh clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday as Baku blamed Armenian forces for having engaged in intelligence activity on its border, moving weapons into the area and conducting mining operations. Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said its actions were "strictly local in nature aimed at military targets."
The move came just a day after the U.S. announced $2 million for humanitarian demining operations in areas affected by the fall 2020 intensive fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces, in a bid to promote regional peace and cooperation.
Ambassador Philip Reeker, senior advisor to Secretary Blinken for Caucasus Negotiations, is currently traveling in the region to meet with government officials to discuss U.S. support for the diplomatic efforts between Baku and Yerevan towards a lasting peace.
He will be in Baku this week.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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Director of the Institute of Political Management, political scientist Azer Gasymly has been summoned to the Main Police Department of Baku at 16:00 today. He wrote about it in facebook.
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Adalyat Verdiyev, the head of the civil defense staff at the public legal entity Center for Public Health and Reform under the Ministry of Health, and a military expert, has been arrested. On November 22, during a media tour to the liberated territories, Verdiyev filmed and published information and images on his social media accounts revealing Azerbaijani Armed Forces' combat positions in the heights, deployment sites, coordinates, and operational conditions of the border troops. This disclosure caused significant damage to the interests of state security and defense capability. This was stated in a report from the General Prosecutor’s Office.
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On Monday, the Baku Appeals Court considered the appeal of Talysh researcher Iqbal Abilov against the extension of his detention for another four months. The defense argued that the decision to extend Abilov's detention was unjustified, lawyer Fariz Namazly told reporters.
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"Black Monday in Georgia: Police and special forces guard the doors behind which the 'slaves of Georgian Dream' are destroying our Constitution and mocking our Parliament." This is how Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili commented on the convening of the new parliament on Monday, which is not recognized by the opposition.
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