U.S. urges diplomacy as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Azerbaijani soldiers maneuver with a tank during a training at a military training and deployment center near the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to pursue a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as fighting in and around the mountain enclave entered a second month on Tuesday, defying a ceasefire brokered in Washington.

Armenia acknowledged overnight that Nagorno-Karabakh forces had withdrawn from a strategic town between the enclave and the Iranian border, an apparent military gain for Azerbaijan.

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