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United Nations (United States): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged both Azerbaijan and the Armenian-backed separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh to “immediately stop fighting” in the disputed region, which is witness to the worst clashes since 2016.
A statement from the Secretary-General’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said that Guterres “strongly calls on the parties to stop the fighting immediately and begin to ease tension and return to negotiations without delay.”
The statement indicated that Guterres intends to communicate with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
He added: “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the recent resumption of hostilities and condemns the use of force.”
Guterres affirmed his support for the Minsk Group, referring to the mediation led by France, Russia and the United States, and called on the parties to the conflict to “work closely” with these countries “for a rapid resumption of dialogue without preconditions. “.
On Sunday, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged accusations of provoking bloody clashes between the two sides in the context of a conflict in the Nagorno Karabakh region, which left 23 dead, in an event that threatens to draw Russia and Turkey into the arena of conflict. . (AFP)
