New Delhi: The Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Moscow for peace talks on Friday. “Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh should be halted for humanitarian reasons,” Vladimir Putin said.
Azerbaijan and Armenian forces are fighting from the last two weeks and Russian President noticed that no one country is looking to end the conflict.
“The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia are being invited to Moscow on October 9” Putin said in a statement released by the Moscow.
“The President of Russia is issuing a call to halt the fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh on humanitarian grounds,” Moscow added.
Armenia on Thursday accused Azerbaijan of shelling a historic cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“Several journalists were injured in strikes on the cathedral after an initial bombardment left rubble strewn across the floor, pews knocked over and a layer of dust coating the interior from parts of the building’s limestone walls that had been hit,” Armenia said.
The way Armenia and Azerbaijan fights at Nagorno-Karabakh – Hundreds including civilians have been killed in this current fighting and this is the worst since a 1994 ceasefire, with both sides doubling down on entrenched positions over who should control the region.
The defence officials of the Azerbaijan and Armenia said that “fighting continued into Thursday, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy losses and accusing the other of shelling civilian areas,”
To stop the fighting – International leaders have repeatedly called Azerbaijan and Armenia for an immediate halt to the fighting but there are no signs yet of the conflict abating.
The way Azerbaijan and Armenia fighting for Nagorno-Karabakh – Turkey supports Azerbaijan strongly which could be stressful for the western countries and the conflict could spiral into a full-blown war embroiling Ankara with Moscow, which has a military treaty with Armenia.
_Vinayak