We can only hope that escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will stop, and Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as seven districts, will be returned to Azerbaijan, the State Duma deputy, the deputy head of the Russian-Azerbaijani Parliamentary Group, Dmitry Savelyev, stated on the sidelines of mourning events in the Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia.
"As the Ambassador said right now, these young guys, soldiers, died, while defending their land, they fought in order to return their land. There are hostilities, people are dying, and we can rely only on reason and God. We hope that at last, reason will return to the heads of Armenian politicians, and the war will be stopped, and Karabakh and seven districts will be returned to Azerbaijan," he stressed.
The politician is convinced that Moscow can contribute to this, especially in the current consitions. "I am absolutely sure that now, the situation has completely changed, and the processes will go much more intensively than it happened until April 2nd," he noted in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza.
"The army of Azerbaijan significantly exceeds the Armenian army by equipment and morale. And the fact that the President of Azerbaijan proposed to unilaterally stop hostilities says only about the power of Baku. But at the same time, unfortunately, the process of returning Karabakh and seven districts of Azerbaijan is not progressing," the deputy complained.
He expressed confidence that military actions will be stopped one way or another, because people are dying right now.
Recall, on the night of April 2 all frontier positions of Azerbaijan were exposed to heavy fire from large-caliber weapons, mortars, grenade launchers and guns. In addition, Azerbaijani settlements near the front line, densely populated by civilians, were shelled.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20% of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
The two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the US are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
