Fifteen die in clashes over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh

The BBC and other news sources reported in August 2014 the worst clashes in years over the disputed Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan.

The European Union called on the conflicting parties in Nagorno-Karabakh, the subject of an unresolved dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, to observe a ceasefire on the 3 August 2014.

The OSCE Minsk Group also expressed deep concern about developments at the Line of Contact and Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and called for immediate action to defuse tensions.

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BBC News: Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/3658938.stm

ESO: Key source: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict - Armenia - Azerbaijan - South Caucasus http://www.europeansources.info/record/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-armenia-azerbaijan-south-caucasus/

RIA Novosti, 03.08.14: EU Urges Conflicting Sides to Observe Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh Region http://en.ria.ru/world/20140803/191673346/EU-Urges-Conflicting-Sides-to-Observe-Ceasefire-in-Nagorno-Karabakh.html

EU_ EEAS: Press Release, 03.08.14: Statement by the Spokesperson on Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2014/140803_01_en.pdf

OSCE: Minsk Group http://www.osce.org/mg

OSCE: Newsroom, 02.08.14: OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Minsk Group Co-Chairs deeply concerned about developments at Line of Contact, call for immediate action to defuse tensions http://www.osce.org/cio/122190

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The Conversation, 28.08.14: Nationalism sparks a summer of deadly violence in the Caucasus http://theconversation.com/nationalism-sparks-a-summer-of-deadly-violence-in-the-caucasus-30933?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+28+August+2014+-+1879&utm_content=Latest+from+The+Conversation+for+28+August+2014+-+1879+CID_0149a384a8e269bb2be3b1677e46ea8d&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Nationalism%20sparks%20a%20summer%20of%20deadly%20violence%20in%20the%20Caucasus

ESO: Background information: Paris hosts talks over Nagorno-Karabakh http://www.europeansources.info/record/paris-hosts-talks-over-nagorno-karabakh/

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