News - Russia MFA spox says they are concerned about sudden escalation of situation in Karabakh

We are concerned about the sudden escalation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry, Maria Zakharova, during Tuesday’s weekly press briefing. "Information is being received about an operation by the Azerbaijani armed forces, as announced by Baku: on starting antiterrorist operations in the region and retaliatory operations by local Armenian armed units. The Russian side calls on the conflicting parties to stop bloodshed, immediately stop military operations, and return to the path of political-diplomatic settlement. All the steps for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh issue are written in the set of tripartite statements by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which were adopted in 2020-2022," said Zakharova. The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh is in constant contact with the representatives of the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians and the Azerbaijani authorities in order to cease the fire and return to the implementation of the aforementioned high-level tripartite agreements, she emphasized.