YEREVAN/BAKU: Fierce clashes left at least 30 Azerbaijani and Armenian soldiers dead Saturday, prompting Russia and the West to call for an immediate ceasefire after a bloody escalation over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian said 18 Armenian troops were killed and some 35 wounded in the "largest-scale hostilities" since a 1994 truce ended a war in which Armenian-backed fighters seized the territory from Azerbaijan.

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