(Reuters) – Russia has called on the parties to the conflict to end hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh and return to respecting the ceasefire, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced early on Wednesday.
“Due to the escalation of armed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh, we call on the parties to the conflict to end the carnage, hostilities, and eliminate (the risk of) civilian casualties,” the ministry said in a statement. broadcast on his Telegram account.
Azerbaijan launched military operations on Tuesday in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, populated mainly by Armenians, fueling fears of a new war between Baku and Yerevan.
(Reporting Lidia Kelly in Melbourne and Ronald Popeski in Winnipeg; French version Camille Raynaud)
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