“We are receiving alarming news from the Caucasus.
I pray for peace in this region and appeal to the parties to the conflict with an appeal to take concrete steps towards brotherhood and the resolution of all problems without the use of force, "TASS quoted him as saying.
On September 27, hostilities resumed between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry announced that it was taking "retaliatory measures" against the actions of the Armenian Armed Forces.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Azerbaijan "launched an offensive" in the Karabakh direction.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the need for an early ceasefire.