Russian President Vladimir Putin called the situation on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan very sensitive for Russia.
"This is very sensitive for us - the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border," he said at a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council on Friday.
According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the parties "discussed Russia's relations with the CIS countries, including Azerbaijan and Armenia, mainly in the light of the ongoing aggravation on the border of these republics.
The situation on the border of the two states escalated on July 12. Azerbaijan declared an attempt by the Armenian armed forces to attack the positions of the Republic's army using artillery, while Yerevan called the attempt to break through from the Azerbaijani side the reason for the aggravation. Baku reported 12 dead soldiers of the Azerbaijani army since the escalation of the conflict. Yerevan said five soldiers were killed and nine wounded. On July 24, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced 45 attacks on positions of the country's army in the area of the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as on the border with Armenia over the past day.
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Based on materials from TASS