After the deadly border skirmish, Azerbaijan and Armenia blamed each other

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange blows over a skirmish at their shared border. The incident is reported to have left at least four Armenian soldiers dead. Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange blame after deadly border skirmish. The two countries are neighbors who have a long-standing dispute over the border.

Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev said he had achieved the ‘sacred goal’ of his presidency: reclaiming the land taken from his father. Azerbaijan's president has been in Nagorno-Karabakh for 20 years. He said: “I have achieved the goal of reclaiming my father's land. I have achieved it. I am proud to be able to do so,” he said.

Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of shelling military positions in a flare-up of tensions over the last week. The Caucusus neighbors have been accused of shelling each other in a series of incidents in the past week. Azerbaijan has threatened to strike a nuclear power plant in Armenia.