GRAHAM DUNBAR
International soccer games could again be affected by the territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia that reignited on Tuesday.
Norwegian team Molde was traveling Tuesday to Azerbaijan two days ahead of a scheduled game in the Europa League against Qarabag. As Molde players and officials were in transit, Azerbaijan launched what it called an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
“We’re on our way and with a stopover in Warsaw for fuel now, before heading for Baku, that’s our plan,” Molde spokesman Per Lianes wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
UEFA said it is “monitoring the situation and is in close contact with the host association” of Azerbaijan.
The latest conflict follows rising tensions this month in the region that was the scene of a separatist war that started in the 1980s and a six-week war in 2020.
Nagorno-Karabakh and sizable surrounding
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