Armenian soldiers of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabagh walk in trenches at the frontline on the border with Azerbaijan, on October 25, 2012. Armenia-backed separatists seized Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war in the 1990s that left some 30,000 dead, and no final peace deal has been signed since the1994 ceasefire. AFP PHOTO / KAREN MINASYAN