Azerbaijan, Armenia reject talks as Karabakh conflict widens

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused one another of firing directly into each other’s territory and rejected pressure to hold peace talks as their conflict over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh threatened to descend into all-out war. Both countries reported on Tuesday firing from the other side across their shared border, well to the west of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region over which fierce fighting broke out between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces on Sunday. The incidents signalled a further escalation of the conflict despite urgent appeals from Russia, the United States and others to halt the fighting. The conflict has reignited concerns about stability in the South Caucasus region, and threatens to drag in Turkey and Russia. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">