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Kerry and Lavrov for continued efforts to restore calm between parties to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - US State Department

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict Materials 3 May 2016 05:56 (UTC +04:00)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry during a telephone conversation stressed that there is a need to continue efforts to restore calm between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Kerry and Lavrov for continued efforts to restore calm between parties to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - US State Department

Baku, Azerbaijan, May 3

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry during a telephone conversation stressed that there is a need to continue efforts to restore calm between the parties to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, John Kirby, spokesman of the US State Department, said during a briefing.

"They also spoke about Nagorno-Karabakh and the conflict there and the need to continue to try to restore a better sense of calm between the sides", he said.

Starting from April 27 evening until 04:00 (GMT + 4) April 28, the Armenian armed forces were firing at the Azerbaijani settlements and the Azerbaijani army positions in the Terter and Aghdam districts of Azerbaijan.

Two people were killed and many more wounded as a result of the Aghdam shelling. At least 84 houses in the district were heavily damaged, some of them completely destroyed.

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 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.

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