Fighting Goes on as Azerbaijan, Armenia Reject Cease-Fire
- Aliyev says Armenia must pull out of contested region fully
- Leaders of U.S., Russia, France had appealed for truce
An apartment building supposedly damaged by recent shelling in Stepanakert on Oct. 3.
Photographer: -/AFP via Getty Images
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Fighting continued in and around the contested Nagorno-Karabakh enclave Saturday as the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia set seemingly impossible terms for agreeing to calls from the leaders of the U.S., France and Russia for a truce.
“Cease-fire ok, but on what conditions? Conditions must be that they withdraw from the territories,” Aliyev said in a website statement, referring to Armenian forces. “We heard it many times, we don’t have time to wait another 30 years. The conflict must be resolved now.”