Russia urges Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop bloodshed in Karabakh
Russia said on Tuesday it was in contact with Azerbaijan over its "anti-terrorist operations" in the Armenian-populated breakaway region of Karabakh, and urged all sides to respect ceasefire agreements. "We know what needs to be done to resolve the situation... to implement everything we agreed on, not to provoke the situation, to work towards calming it down and resolving it," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
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- Published Date: 02:51 | 19 September 2023
- Modified Date: 02:51 | 19 September 2023
Russia on Tuesday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop bloodshed in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijan began mass artillery strikes on Tuesday.
Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Russia was worried by the escalation, and that Moscow's peacekeepers in the region would continue their mission.
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