The United States strongly condemned the latest escalation of violence in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. “Both sides to the conflict must keep restraint and to respect the truce of 1994,” – said the head of US diplomacy, John Kerry. He also stressed that the conflict can only be resolved at the negotiating table.
In the night from Friday to Saturday, fighting broke out between soldiers from Armenia and Azerbaijan near Nagorno-Karabakh – an Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan . Killed at least 30 soldiers.
For the immediate end to the fighting and urged restraint on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian ministers of foreign affairs and defense contacted their counterparts in Baku and Yerevan.
Immediate stop the fighting demanded from Azerbaijan and Armenia, UN Secretary-General. Both parties must respect the cease-fire and immediately take steps to calm the situation – said on Saturday, Ban Ki-moon.
The armed conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in 1988, at the end of the Soviet Union. The clashes escalated into a war between the already sovereign Armenia and Azerbaijan. The war consumed 30 thousand. fatalities, there were hundreds of thousands of refugees. In 1994, he signed a ceasefire. Unrecognized by the world, connected with Armenia enclave formally remains part of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan frequently threatens to take over control over Nagorno-Karabakh by force and invests heavily in strengthening its army. In turn, Armenia, allied with Russia, warns that will not remain passive if the Nagorno-Karabakh will be attacked.
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