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Armenian
soldiers patrol on a tank near the village of Madaghis in
Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. (Karo
Sahakyan/PAN Photo via AP)
The Associated Press
Published Thursday, May 5, 2016 7:44AM EDT
Published Thursday, May 5, 2016 7:44AM EDT
YEREVAN, Armenia -- Armenia's government has given the go-ahead for the
country's parliament to vote on recognizing the independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist enclave that is officially part of
neighbouring Azerbaijan.
The government on Thursday approved the opposition initiative, opening the way for a parliamentary vote next week. There have been previous attempts to schedule such a vote, but this is the first one to gain the necessary government approval.
Azerbaijan condemned the initiative, which it said was aimed at scuttling international peace talks.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of local ethnic Armenian forces and the Armenian military since a 1994 cease-fire ended the separatist conflict, which killed about 30,000 people. But clashes have persisted and last month fighting broke out on a scale not seen in decades.
The government on Thursday approved the opposition initiative, opening the way for a parliamentary vote next week. There have been previous attempts to schedule such a vote, but this is the first one to gain the necessary government approval.
Azerbaijan condemned the initiative, which it said was aimed at scuttling international peace talks.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of local ethnic Armenian forces and the Armenian military since a 1994 cease-fire ended the separatist conflict, which killed about 30,000 people. But clashes have persisted and last month fighting broke out on a scale not seen in decades.
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