"President Macron expressed deep concern over the current situation and expressed the need to take all measures to end the violence and de-escalation," - said in a message on Twitter.

Earlier, Pashinyan discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a sharp exacerbation of the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

On September 27, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the introduction of martial law.

The same decision was made by the Armenian government.