UN: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the leaders of Algeria and Azerbaijan to take immediate steps to establish a ceasefire. This was released by the Chinese news agency Xinhua on Tuesday morning, September 29, 2020.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Antonio Guterres, said: "The Secretary-General of the United Nations has had direct talks with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the President of Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan. ) Prime Minister of Armenia. During the talks, the Secretary-General expressed grave concern over the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. "Antonio Guterres called on the two leaders to take immediate steps to establish a ceasefire and resume talks on existing mechanisms to prevent the region from destabilizing."
Armenian and Azerbaijani armies continued to shell each other until Monday. A total of 21 soldiers and civilians were killed and more than 100 wounded in unprecedented fighting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani armies in the conflict zone between the two countries on Sunday. Since 2016.
The conflict between the two countries has been a source of great concern as the disputed territory lies in the area of major oil and gas pipelines to international markets. Conflicts between the two former Soviet republics first erupted during the 1990s in Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist region known as the Artsakh Republic.
The Artsakh Republic, also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, is officially on the map of Azerbaijan, but is actually occupied by the Armenian minority and supported by the Armenian government. With an area of 4,400 square kilometers and a population of just over 150,000, it remains a hotbed of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, despite being classified as an autonomous region. However.
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