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UN meeting set as US, France seek to halt Karabakh fighting

Armenians protest to urge the government to respond to the Azerbaijani military operation launched against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region. © Karen MINASYAN / AFP

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The UN Security Council on Tuesday scheduled an urgent meeting as France and the United States led efforts to stop a military operation by Azerbaijan in the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Separatists said that Azerbaijan pounded the mountainous territory with artillery, jets and drones on Tuesday – one day after aid was allowed in through the sole road link from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh.

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