402 Chapter 3
Participants: 371 Armenia/373 Azerbaijan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 26–100 deaths
Narrative: Though the 1994 ceasefire ended conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region,
small-scale fighting continued. From the middle of 2002 to the end of 2010, countless
clashes, border incursions, and similar incidents involved regular forces fighting with
associated rebel groups in the region. Tensions remained high throughout the dispute
as charges of ethnic cleansing attempts were present on both sides.
372 Georgia/373 Azerbaijan
MID#4109
Dispute Number: 4109
Date(s): October 17, 1996 to October 25, 1996
Participants: 373 Azerbaijan/372 Georgia
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Azerbaijani border guards entered Georgia to protect a strategic bridge
because they believed someone was going to blow the bridge up. Georgia demanded
that the Azerbaijanis withdraw, but they refused. The Russian media reported that
some Azerbaijanis claimed Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region, although Azerbaijan was
concerned about drug running from Georgia and whether Georgia could properly
defend itself. Four days later the heads of the Georgian and Azerbaijani border guards
met on the frontier; the Azerbaijanis announced that they would withdraw in three
days and did so. Georgian border guards took control of the bridge.
Coding changes: Outcome changed from Compromise.