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    Events in Nagorno-Karabakh Violate Ceasefire Agreements - Russian
    Foreign Ministry

    Nagorno-Karabakh Area

    (c) RIA Novosti. Ilya Pitalev
    16:12 02/08/2014
    http://en.ria.ru/world/20140802/191624268/Events-in-Nagorno-Karabakh-Violate-Ceasefire-Agreements--Russian.html

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    MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Recent escalation of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which led to numerous casualties, is a
    serious violation of ceasefire agreements, a spokesperson for the
    Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry "extends its most sincere condolences to
    the families of the victims" and "considers the events of the past few
    days a serious violation of ceasefire agreements and declared
    intention to find a political settlement of the conflict."

    "Further escalation is unacceptable. We urge all the warring sides to
    exercise restraint, give up the use of force and take urgent measures
    aimed at destabilizing the situation," Maria Zakharova, the deputy
    director of the ministry's information and press department, said in a
    statement.

    Tensions along the contact line of Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan
    have been running high over the past few days.

    On July 31, the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
    announced that two of its soldiers had died in armed clashes with
    Azeri troops. Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry in its turn said that the
    country's army had lost nine troops.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh dispute flared up in 1988, when the
    Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region with predominantly ethnic Armenian
    population announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Soviet
    Socialist Republic.

    In September 1991, the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed. Baku
    called the move illegal.

    The armed conflict which erupted soon after had claimed the lives of
    up to 30,000 before a ceasefire was established in 1994. Since 1992,
    the OSCE Minsk Group and its co-chairs Russia, France and the United
    States have been negotiating a lasting and peaceful settlement of the
    conflict.

    Armenia insists on international recognition of Nagorno-Karabah's
    right to self-determination, whereas Azerbaijan demands support for
    its territorial integrity.




    From: A. Papazian
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