Russia calls on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict sides to observe cessation of hostilities
11.04.2016,
17:08
Russia calls on all the parties in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) conflict to observe agreements on cessation of hostilities, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference on Monday after talks with his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter.
YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. Russia calls on all the parties in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) conflict to observe agreements on cessation of hostilities, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told a news conference on Monday after talks with his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter.
"An important part of our talks and our relations in general is the problem of security on the European continent," Lavrov said. "We are concerned over the escalation in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he was quote as saying by Russian news agencies.
"We call on the sides to observe the agreements reached on cessation of hostilities, to prevent violations of this agreement," Lavrov noted. "We are interested in positive shifts on the political track toward reaching agreements on settling this rather uneasy conflict," he said.
In the early hours of April 2 Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive involving tanks, artillery and helicopters aiming to seize at least some territory in and around Karabakh. The intense fighting continued from 2 to 5 April.
The NKR defense army successfully suppressed the aggressive actions of the enemy, inflicting heavy losses on its manpower and military hardware forcing Azerbaijan to ask Russia to mediate a ceasefire. -0-
"An important part of our talks and our relations in general is the problem of security on the European continent," Lavrov said. "We are concerned over the escalation in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," he was quote as saying by Russian news agencies.
"We call on the sides to observe the agreements reached on cessation of hostilities, to prevent violations of this agreement," Lavrov noted. "We are interested in positive shifts on the political track toward reaching agreements on settling this rather uneasy conflict," he said.
In the early hours of April 2 Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive involving tanks, artillery and helicopters aiming to seize at least some territory in and around Karabakh. The intense fighting continued from 2 to 5 April.
The NKR defense army successfully suppressed the aggressive actions of the enemy, inflicting heavy losses on its manpower and military hardware forcing Azerbaijan to ask Russia to mediate a ceasefire. -0-
