Lavrov and Nalbandian discuss situation on line of contact in Karabakh
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Armenia’s acting foreign minister Edward Nalbandian discussed the situation on the border of Artsakh #40;Nagorno-Karabakh#41; and Azerbaijan at a meeting in Moscow on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova said.br / br /
YEREVAN, April 26. /ARKA/. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and Armenia’s acting foreign minister Edward Nalbandian discussed the situation on the border of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Azerbaijan at a meeting in Moscow on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova said.br
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Deputy acting prime minister Armen Gevorgyan also flew to Moscow for “working consultations,” according to a statement Thursday on the government’s website. It did not say who he was to meet there.nbsp;br
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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum.nbsp;br
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On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh.nbsp;br
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Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. On April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan launched military assaults along the entire perimeter of its contact line with Nagorno-Karabakh. Four days later a cease-fire was reached. -0-br
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