UN secretary general asks Azerbaijan and Armenia to immediately diffuse the conflict
The UN Secretary Antonio Guterres expressed his concerns on escalated tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia as he feared that this might lead to hostilities between the two nations.
“The Secretary-General strongly calls on the sides to immediately stop
fighting, de-escalate tensions and return to meaningful negotiations without
delay,” Guterres’s spokesman on Sunday.
As per a report carried out by Al-Jazeera, a fight between the forces of
the two countries broke over the seperatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh that led
to the killing of 23 people and 100 being injured during the fight.
After the clash, the US released a statement saying that they extend
their condolences to the families of the injured and of those who died in the
clash and also said that they are ready to mediate a peace talk. The
spokesperson of the US state department, Morgan Ortagus said that the US is
alarmed by the movement along the Line of Contact between the two countries and
is ready to initiate peaceful talks.
The media reports suggested that Armenia has announced martial law after
the clash broke out over the disputed region.
Both sides have put the blame on each other for being the first one to
start the escalation but Azerbaijan has blamed the opposition for attacking its
civilians and attacking the civilian settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is
internationally recognised as a part of Azerbaijan but is controlled by the
Armenian forces.
Azerbaijan has been said to launch a counteroffensive strike on Armenian
forces after it made an attempt to destroy its settlements.
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