Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a telephone conversation with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan that Moscow is ready to make mediation efforts to stabilize the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a statement issued on Sunday by the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.
"Lavrov expressed serious concern about the ongoing large-scale fighting on the line of contact and the information about the dead and wounded. The need for an early cease - fire was emphasized, " the report says. "It was noted that Russia, together with the other co - chairs of the OSCE Minsk group, will continue to make mediation efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation."
Early on Sunday morning, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that Armenia had started intensive shelling of the positions of the Azerbaijani army. According to the Defense Ministry, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population.
For his part, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the Azerbaijani armed forces had launched an offensive in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the Azerbaijani army is bombing settlements, including the capital of the unrecognized Republic of Stepanakert.
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