Azerbaijan, Baku, 6 March / corr Trend K.Ramazanova / The United States is saddened by the human loss that occurred on the contact line of the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"We call on the authorities of the two countries to adhere to the ceasefire regime," Anna Derse, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, stated in Baku on 6 March.
The conflict between the two countries of the South Caucasus began in 1988 due to Armenian territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Since 1992, Armenian Armed Forces have occupied 20% of Azerbaijan including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and its seven surrounding districts. In 1994, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement at which time the active hostilities ended. The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group ( Russia, France, and the US) are currently holding peaceful negotiations
From the early hours of 4 March, the Armenian armed forces violated, in several directions, the peace agreement on the frontline of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the occupied territory of Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said that during the gunfire with Armenia, 12 Armenian soldiers were killed and 15 injured and four Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one sustained injuries. The situation on the frontline is relatively calm at the moment.
The Ambassador said that such actions violate the stability in the region and once again testifies the importance of talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. "This problem will not be solved peacefully," Derse said.