Russia calls on all parties in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to observe agreements on cessation of hostilities, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"We are concerned over the escalation in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. We call on the sides to observe the agreements reached on cessation of hostilities, to prevent violations of this agreement. We are interested in positive shifts on the political track toward reaching agreements on settling this rather uneasy conflict," RIA Novosti cited him as saying.
Recall, as Vestnik Kavkaza reported, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the handover of the bodies of those killed in action following the recent escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.
Armenia has not yet implemented the UN Security Council's four resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
