0403 GMT August 15, 2022
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Azerbaijan on Tuesday began the gradual return of its people to territories retaken from Armenian separatist forces during a 2020 war over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, in what Baku calls "The Great Return".
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Russian peacekeepers stand as guarantors of the cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed Tehran’s readiness to contribute to strengthening a cease-fire recently reached between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Azerbaijan said on Tuesday its forces had entered the Lachin district, the last of three handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
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National Desk
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Saturday for greater military cooperation with Russia, a day after Azerbaijani troops began moving into territory in Nagorno-Karabakh previously held by Armenian separatist forces.
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Units of the Azerbaijani Army have entered the Aghdam region, a territory ceded by Armenian forces in a cease-fire agreement that ended six weeks of heavy fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said Friday.
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Azerbaijan's presidential couple on made a tour of the territories recaptured from Armenian forces in fierce clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Iran on Monday roundly rejected rumors about any change in its territorial borders under a conflict settlement process between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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A senior Iranian administration official said Iran welcomes the recent agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to cease fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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Hundreds of Russian peacekeepers were deploying to Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a peace deal to end weeks of fierce fighting over the disputed region.
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Armenia said on Monday that fighting was continuing for the key town of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after Azerbaijan claimed to have captured it from Armenian separatist forces.
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Azerbaijan said on Sunday its forces had captured the key town of Shusha from Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh, but Armenia insisted that fighting for the strategically vital area was ongoing.
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Armenia reported Saturday that "fierce combat" with Azerbaijani forces took place overnight near the town of Shusha, a key stronghold in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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