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US condemns Nagorno-Karabakh violence ‘in strongest phrases’, calls on Armenia & Azerbaijan to ‘stop hostilities instantly’
The US Division of State has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to “stop hostilities instantly,” after Azeri forces launched an offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh. Exterior the US, the Kremlin has additionally demanded a halt to the violence.
“The USA condemns within the strongest phrases this escalation of violence,” the State Division mentioned in a press launch on Sunday. Deputy Secretary Stephen Biegun known as on either side to “stop hostilities instantly, to make use of the present direct communication hyperlinks between them to keep away from additional escalation, and to keep away from unhelpful rhetoric and actions.”
Hostilities between Azerbaijan and the Armenia-backed Nagorno-Karabakh area erupted after Azeri forces launched an offensive on Sunday morning. Baku mentioned it was responding to shelling of its forces, however Yerevan rejected the justification, accusing its opponent of breaking a shaky ceasefire.
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The US shouldn’t be the one world energy calling for restraint. Earlier on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin known as for an finish to all army motion in Nagorno-Karabakh, after a cellphone name with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Through the name, Pashinyan requested international powers to remain out of the battle, after earlier condemning Turkey’s “aggressive habits” within the area.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to make use of his nation’s “whole means” to defend his Azeri “brothers,” and known as Armenia “the largest menace to peace and tranquility within the area.”
The US and Russia are each co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, convened in 1992 to discover a decision to the Nagorno-Karabakh battle. The battle itself started when the area broke away from Azerbaijan within the late 1980s, with help from Yerevan. Turkey is a member of the group too, however has additionally been a staunch ally of Azerbaijan since earlier than the group got here collectively, and positioned an financial embargo on Armenia in 1993.
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Each Armenia and Azerbaijan claimed their very own army victories all through Sunday, publishing movies of assaults on-line. Round two dozen folks have been reported killed, with either side claiming civilian casualties.
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