Share:The European Union Wednesday called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to show restraint and resume negotiations amid renewed fighting at the border of the two countries. Charles Michel, the head of the European Council presiding over the EU leaders’ summits, repeated the same message to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in separate phone calls. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said at least seven Azerbaijani soldiers were “martyred during combat operations” on the Armenian border on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday discussed the border tensions with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. During a 44-day conflict that started in late September last year, Azerbaijan liberated several cities, 300 settlements, and villages that were illegally occupied by Armenia for almost 30 years.

Source: The Nation November 18, 2021 01:49 UTC