BRIEF: Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict Could Lead To War

ASTONA, Kazakhstan - Armenia and Azerbaijan are still disputing the province of Nagorno Karabakh.  Armenia has controlled the province since the end of the Six Year War in 1994, which killed over 30,000 people in the region.

Azerbaijan's defense minister commented today at a meeting of defense minister's from ex-Soviet republic's in Kazakhstan, "As long as Azerbaijani territory is occupied by Armenia, the chance of war is 100 percent.   

Armenian defense minister Mikhail Arutyunian responded by saying that he sees no alternative to a peaceful resolution to the dispute. 

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Yahoo (AP) - Azerbaijan defense minister hints at war - 27 November 2007