Troops Reported Patrolling City in Disputed Region
Soviet troops patrolled the streets of Stepanakert, the capital of the troubled province of Nagorno-Karabakh, a local party official said Monday.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said in a telephone interview that troops arrived Monday after citizens resumed strikes that began in March following a Kremlin refusal to incorporate the province of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is in the republic of Azerbaijan, into neighboring Armenia. Most of the residents of the disputed region are ethnic Armenians.
The official said that he did not know how many troops were in the city but that it was calm.
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