YEREVAN/BAKU: Armenian and Azeri forces exchanged fierce fire for a second day on Monday over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, with both sides accusing each other of using heavy artillery.
The clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the heaviest since 2016, have reignited concern over stability in the South Caucasus region, a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets.
Nagorno-Karabakh is inside Azerbaijan but is run by ethnic Armenians.
Azerbaijan’s president declared a partial military mobilisation. Interfax news agency quoted an Armenian defence ministry representative as saying 200 Armenians had been wounded.
Nagorno-Karabakh reported 15 more of its soldiers had been killed. It also said it had recovered some territory that it had lost control of on Sunday, and said Azerbaijan had been…