Armenia says Azerbaijan fails to fully withdraw after border incident


  • World
  • Friday, 14 May 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a a video conference meeting with government members and officials outside Moscow, Russia May 13, 2021. Sputnik/Sergey Ilyin/Kremlin via REUTERS

MOSCOW/BAKU (Reuters) -Armenia said on Friday that Azerbaijan had failed to fulfil a promise in full to withdraw troops that had crossed the border in a disputed incident, and that it had sought Russia's military help.

Six months after the worst fighting in decades between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces, the border incident this week has demonstrated the fragility of a Russian-brokered ceasefire that halted the conflict.

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