⁍ Azerbaijan’s defence ministry reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh.
⁍ Local officials accused Azerbaijan’s forces of shelling buildings in Stepanakert.
⁍ U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
– Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met separately with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Friday in a new attempt to end nearly a month of bloodshed that Russian President Vladimir Putin said may have killed 5,000 people. The collapse of two Russia-brokered ceasefires had already dimmed the prospect of a quick end to fighting that broke out on Sept. 27 over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan’s defense ministry reported fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a part of Azerbaijan populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians. Local officials accused Azerbaijan’s forces of shelling buildings in Stepanakert, the largest city in the region, which Baku denied. Reuters reports that local officials accused Azerbaijan’s forces of shelling buildings in Stepanakert, the largest city in the region, which Baku denied.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/new-clashes-in-nagorno-karabakh-after-washington-talks-idUSKBN2790BE