Armenian President Appeals for Help
Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian accused Azerbaijan on Sunday of launching an “undeclared war” and appealed to former Soviet states to aid Armenia.
Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency said Ter-Petrosian invoked a collective security pact signed in May by six members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. It obliges each to help the rest if attacked.
The appeal--the first time a member state has invoked the security treaty--was prompted by major military gains by Azerbaijan in the four-year conflict between the two former Soviet republics.
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