Azerbaijan says an Armenian sabotage group tried to breach the line of contact last night but was repulsed and one Armenian soldier was captured. Armenia has described the report as disinformation
Diplomats of the Minsk Group co-chair countries said in a statement at the end of their visit to the region that the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan "expressed their intention to resume political dialogue in an attempt to find a compromise solution for the most controversial issues of the settlement"
In this op-ed for commonspace.eu, Azerbaijani conflictologist Avaz Hasanov says that at this stage neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan are interested in starting a new war in Karabakh, but if a new war was to start this will only strengthen Russia’s hand in the region.
The representatives of the three co-Chair countries continue their visit to the region with meetings in Baku on Monday, after visiting Yerevan and Nagorno-Karabakh last week.
3 Armenian soldiers were reported killed on Friday afternoon. An Azerbaijani soldier was reported killed on Thursday. No further information is available at this stage.