Azerbaijan, Armenia trade accusations of war crimes

Azeri and Armenian foreign ministers on Monday accused each other’s countries of having committed war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh over clashes that broke out in late September. During an address to the United Nations Human Rights Council, both ministers repeated their accusations of the other side violating international law in the conflict that left some 6,000 dead in six weeks until Russia brokered a ceasefire on Nov. 10. Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Aivazyan said Azerbaijan “deliberately and systematically targeted civilian infrastructure” and subjected prisoners of war to “degrading, inhuman and cruel treatment”. Aivazyan also said Turkey transported to Nagorno-Karabakh foreign fighters,…