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Both Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for the fighting
over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region - the deadliest
clashes between them since a six-week war in 2020 left thousands
dead.
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said 135 Armenian
personnel were killed, the Interfax news agency reported from a
session of Armenia's parliament, up from a tally earlier this
week of 105.
Azerbaijan said 77 of its personnel had died - up from
Thursday's tally of 71. Both countries had said the figures
would likely rise.
The two sides have fought for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh,
internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan but, until a
war in 2020, populated and controlled by ethnic Armenians
Armenia says Azerbaijan's forces this week attacked and seized
settlements inside Armenia, beyond Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan
says it was responding to "provocations" by the Armenian side.
A ceasefire, brokered by Moscow, ended the latest fighting late
Wednesday night, but the situation on the border remains tense,
Pashinyan said on Friday.
Russia, a military ally of Armenia which also strives for
friendly relations with Azerbaijan, said it would pressure both
countries to pull their forces back to where they were before
this week's conflict broke out.
(Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Andrew Heavens)
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