Russian FM says renewed war in Nagorno-Karabakh unthinkable
08.04.2015,
16:58
Russia regards the possibility of renewed war in Nagorno-Karabakh as unthinkable, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint news conference in Moscow with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian following their talks.
YEREVAN, April 8. / ARKA /. Russia regards the possibility of renewed war in Nagorno-Karabakh as unthinkable, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint news conference in Moscow with his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian following their talks.
"I am sure that despite military rhetoric, none of the parties want it. All our steps for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are aimed at finding as soon as possible a mutually acceptable peace formula," Lavrov said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.-0-
