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Source, Reuters
Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh to the negotiations on the future rejected a proposal to participate in Turkey.
Lavrov, who held a joint press conference with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan in Moscow; He said that Russia, the United States and France should continue their search for solutions under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Mnatsakany, who said, “Azerbaijan actively supporting Turkey’s mediation could not do,” said.
On the other hand, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, with whom he spoke by phone, that “the Armenian forces should be immediately expelled from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and stop attacks against civilians.”
In a written statement from the Defense Ministry, “Azerbaijan another 30 years will be waiting for the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, Turkey, Azerbaijan is the next action campaign to regain their own land,” he said.
Appeal from the European Union and Russia: Ceasefire conditions must be respected
Despite the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, fighting is reported to continue.
Over the weekend, after the parties accused each other of ceasefire violations, calls came in from the European Union and Russia to comply with the ceasefire conditions.
On Monday, the Armenian administration in Nagorno-Karabakh said artillery fire on Khankendi started again. The air raid sirens began to sound again in the city.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the rocket attacks carried out by Armenian forces against Ganja were war crimes.
The clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, whose status is in dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, began on September 27.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized as part of Azerbaijan by the United Nations (UN) and the international community. However, Nagorno-Karabakh and its surroundings, which make up about 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s territory, have been under Armenian occupation since the early 1990s.
The “Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh” was declared in the region in 1991. However, this country was not recognized by any country, including Armenia.
