On November 1 and 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin had a thorough telephone discussion with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Kremlin's press service reported on Monday.
"On November 1 and 2, respectively, Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Issues of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed in detail," the report says.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin, speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Club on October 22, said that no one else was interested in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than Russia. According to him, he is in very close contact with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, "several times a day I speak to them on the phone".
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27 and active battles started on the disputed territory. The sides reported killed and wounded, including among the civilian population. Ceasefire agreements have been reached three times already, but almost immediately the parties to the conflict began exchanging mutual accusations of violating them.
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Based on materials from TASS