Azerbaijan says it has taken Karabakh's second-largest city, Armenia denies it
Reuters
November 8, 2020 17:31 MYT
November 8, 2020 17:31 MYT
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev gestures as he speaks during an address to the nation in Baku, Azerbaijan, in this picture released October 26, 2020. Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
MOSCOW: Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday his country's forces had taken Shusha, the second-largest city in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, a statement that Armenian officials denied.
The city, called Shusha by Armenians, is of cultural and strategic importance to both sides and is located 15 km (9 miles) south of the enclave's largest city Stepanakert.
At least 1,000 people have died in nearly six weeks of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians.