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French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that Syrian militants are fighting in Nagorno Karabakh, where violent clashes are taking place between Armenian forces and the Azerbaijani army, and described the matter as “very dangerous”.
“We have information today that definitely indicates that Syrian fighters from jihadist groups have moved through Gaziantep to reach the theater of operations in Nagorno Karabakh. This is a very dangerous new reality that changes the situation,” Macron said upon arrival to participate in the summit of leaders of the European Union in Brussels. Moscow had said on Wednesday that fighters from Syria and Libya had been deployed to the conflict zone in this breakaway region of Azerbaijan, which has witnessed bloody fighting for several days.
Macron, whose country, along with Russia and the United States, has formed the Minsk Group, responsible for mediating this conflict, added: “We have agreed with (US President Donald) Trump and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin, to share all the information we have about this situation and the ability to draw all the consequences. “In a joint statement on Thursday, the three leaders called for a” complete ceasefire “in Nagorno Karabakh and” that the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan immediately get involved on resuming substantive negotiations. “” I will be very clear, on Sunday, that the attacks launched from Azerbaijan, that we know of, were not justified, “Macron said.
The Minsk group, which was formed 18 years ago within the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to mediate this conflict, has never succeeded in ending the fighting on the front line. The coup is marked by the majority of Armenians, and the declaration of independence from Azerbaijan triggered a war in the early 1990s, which claimed the lives of 30,000 people, but no party, not even Armenia, has recognized the independence of the region.
