As Tensions Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Grown, Azerbaijan is On A Massive Arms Buying Spree

Azerbaijan Amassing Arms For Possible Karabakh War, Aliyev Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Public Radio Armenia: Arms imports by Azerbaijan have increased by 249 per cent since 2005: Report

The United States has taken a firm lead as the major arms exporter globally, according to new data on international arms transfers published today by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Overall, the volume of international transfers of major conventional weapons grew by 16 per cent between 2005–2009 and 2010–14.

According to the report, Azerbaijan increased its arms imports by 249 per cent between 2005–2009 and 2010–14. Russia accounted for 85 per cent of Azerbaijan’s arms imports.

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Report: Armenian Military Helicopter Shot Down By Azerbaijani Forces Over Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region

Armenian Military Helicopter Shot Down By Azerbaijani Forces, Killing Three -- The Guardian

Clash follows biggest flare-up in fighting on border since 1994 ceasefire ended war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Azerbaijani forces have shot down an Armenian military helicopter, the defence ministry in Baku said, in a flare-up in the longstanding conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The downing on Wednesday follows fighting three months ago in which at least 14 Azerbaijani soldiers died. The clashes, which began in late July, marked the most serious military incident along the Karabakh frontier since the 1994 ceasefire that ended a bloody conflict over the disputed region.

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More News On An Armenian Military Helicopter being Shot Down By Azerbaijani Forces Over The Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region

Armenia says Azerbaijan shot down military helicopter -- Reuters
Azerbaijan shoots down Armenian military helicopter: Baku -- AFP
Azerbaijan downs Armenian helicopter -- BBC
Azerbaijan downs helicopter in Nagorno-Karabakh -- AP
Azerbaijani armed forces down Armenian military helicopter -- Trend
Karabakh Military Helicopter Shot Down by Azerbaijan Forces -- Sputnik
Azerbaijan Risks New Armenia Conflict as Chopper Downed -- Bloomberg

Russian President Putin Mediates Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Dispute

RIA Novosti / Alexey Druzhinin

Putin Mediates Talks Between Armenia, Azerbaijan On Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict -- Wall Street Journal

Violence in Region Has Escalated in Past Week

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts on Sunday, calling for a negotiated and peaceful resolution to the armed conflict in the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The meeting, held in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, was the first face-to-face engagement between Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Serzh Sargsyan since the recent surge of violence in the region.

Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan but it—and some adjacent territory—has been under the control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian local troops since the end of a six-year war in 1994. Both sides report frequent shootings and attempted incursions along the cease-fire line, but the latest outbreak of fighting has been the worst in many years. Fighting erupted a week ago and has already claimed dozens of lives on both sides.

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Putin Hosts Trilateral Talks, Urges End to Nagorno-Karabakh Violence -- Moscow Times
Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia agree: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved peacefully -- RT
Azerbaijan, Armenia Count on Russia’s Assistance in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Settlement -- RIA Novosti
Putin Pushes Talks Over Karabakh Amid Discord Near Russia -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Putin mediates Azerbaijan-Armenia territorial dispute -- CCTV
Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan Ready to Continue Dialogue on Nagorno-Karabakh – Lavrov -- RIA Novosti

Fighting And Tensions Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Are Escalating Over The Dispued Region Of Nagorno-Karabakh

Troops Killed As Border Tensions Rise Between Armenia And Azerbaijan -- Independent (Ireland)

Azerbaijan's Defence Ministry said that 12 of its troops have been killed in the past four days. Nagorno-Karabakh's armed forces said one of its soldiers was killed on Friday, the third in recent days.

Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region and some adjacent territory have been under the control of Armenian soldiers and ethnic Armenian local troops since the end of a six-year separatist war in 1994. Both sides report frequent shootings and attempted incursions along the ceasefire line, but the latest outbreak of fighting is the worst in many years. It was not immediately clear what set off the latest violence between the former Soviet republics.

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More News On The Rise Of Tensions (And Fighting) Between Armenia And Azerbaijan Over The Dispued Region Of Nagorno-Karabakh

Fifteen die in clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh -- BBC
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Azerbaijani Defense Ministry Says Four Soldiers Killed Near Karabakh -- Radio Free Europe
Four More Azeris, One Armenian Killed in Fresh Karabakh Fighting -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Fighting Escalates Between Armenia, Azerbaijan Over Disputed Territory -- WSJ
Five killed in clashes over Nagorno Karabakh -- Al Jazeera
Soldiers killed as tensions rise in disputed Nagorny Karabakh -- Deutsche Welle
Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Skirmishes Turn Deadliest in 20 Years -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Armenian, Azeri Leaders to Meet in Sochi as Deadly Clashes Flare -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Armenia, Azerbaijan to Meet on Nagorno-Karabakh -- VOA
Azerbaijan blames Armenia for worse Karabakh situation -- ITAR-TASS
Russia voices concern over violence in Nagorno-Karabakh -- Reuters
Moscow concerned about deteriorating situation in Karabakh region -- ITAR-TASS
Events in Nagorno-Karabakh Violate Ceasefire Agreements – Russian Foreign Ministry -- RIA Novosti
Georgian FM hopes for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia -- Trend.az
OSCE Urges Immediate Settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict -- RIA Novosti