The presidents of France, Russia and the United States called Thursday for a ceasefire in the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region, urging Armenia and Azerbaijan to commit to conducting negotiations without delay.
In a joint statement issued by the Elysee, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian flyer, Vladimir Putin, and US Donald Trump said, “We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the concerned military forces,” and called on the leaders of the two countries “to resume substantive negotiations.”
The Kremlin had announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterparts Donald Tempe and French Emmanuel Macron were preparing a joint statement on field developments in the Karabakh region.
This came according to what was reported by Russia Today channel, from a statement issued by the Russian Presidency (Kremlin), today, Thursday.
The statement said that Putin was informed about the work on preparing the joint statement of the permanent members of the Russian Security Council during a meeting held today, Thursday.
The statement indicated that the Security Council meeting focused on the latest developments at the line of contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Karabakh, with the Russian side expressing deep concern about the continuing hostilities between the two parties to the conflict.
The presidents of Russia, the United States and France issued a joint statement on the issue because their countries are co-presidents of the Minsk Group of Karabakh of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, according to the same source.
Erdogan requires a complete withdrawal
On the other hand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed that ending the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani lands is a condition for the ceasefire between the two sides.
This came in his speech during his participation, Thursday, at the opening of the 27th legislative session of the Turkish Parliament.
In this context, Erdogan said: The West must first demand an end to the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani lands before any ceasefire.
Erdogan explained that lasting peace in the region lies in the withdrawal of Armenia from all the Azerbaijani lands it occupied.
He added, “We will continue to support our Azerbaijani brothers with all our capabilities, based on the principle of one people in two states.”
And Abizaid: The Armenian administration has left everything related to the essence of the current crisis and its insistence on launching slanders against Turkey will not get it out of its predicament.
Erdogan warned those who support the rogue state (Armenia), that they will be held accountable to the common conscience of humanity
Clashes
And on Sunday, clashes erupted on the front line between the two countries, after the Armenian army fired massively at residential sites in Azerbaijani villages, causing civilian casualties and causing great damage to civilian infrastructure, according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense.
Since 1992, Armenia has occupied about 20 percent of the Azerbaijani lands, which include the Karabakh region (consisting of 5 provinces), and 5 other provinces in the west of the country, in addition to large parts of the Aghdam and Fuduli provinces.
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