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    Trend, Azerbaijan
    Aug 2 2014


    Moscow concerned about sharp deterioration of situation in Nagorno-Karabakh


    Moscow urges the sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to renounce
    the use of force and to take measures to stabilize the situation in
    the region, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department
    under the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on August 2,
    ITAR-TASS reported.

    "We express our concern over the sharp aggravation of the situation in
    Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in huge casualties," she added. "We
    express deep condolences to the bereaved families."

    "We consider the recent events as a serious violation of the ceasefire
    and voiced intentions to reach a settlement by political means," she
    added. "Further escalation is unacceptable."

    "The Russian Foreign Ministry urges all sides to renounce the use of
    force and to take immediate measures to stabilize the situation," she
    said.

    Armenian armed forces launched a diversion on the night of July
    31-August 1, when reconnaissance and sabotage groups tried to cross
    the contact line of the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops through the
    territories of Aghdam and Terter regions.

    According to the Azerbaijani defense ministry, the effort was revealed
    and prevented in time, by Azerbaijani armed forces.

    Armenia's reconnaissance and sabotage group attacked the positions of
    Azerbaijani armed forces in the direction of Azerbaijan's Aghdam and
    Agdere regions on the night of August 1-2.

    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 two countries signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs
    of the OSCE Minsk Group, Russia, France and the U.S. are currently
    holding peace negotiations.

    Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions
    on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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