⁍ Azerbaijan’s parliament approved the introduction of martial law across the country on Sunday.
⁍ The moves come after clashes between Azeri and Armenian forces over the breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh.
⁍ The clashes have reignited concerns about instability in the South Caucasus.
– Azerbaijan has introduced martial law across the country in the wake of clashes with Armenian forces over the separatist province of Nagorno-Karabakh, Reuters reports. The country’s parliament approved the martial law today and imposed curfews on Sunday, an aide to the president said. The moves come after clashes on Sunday morning between Azeri and Armenian forces over the breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is inside Azerbaijan but run by ethnic Armenians. The clashes have reignited concerns about instability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets.
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