As noted in the text, the leaders "condemn in the strongest terms the escalation of violence taking place on the line of contact in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."

“We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities between the armed forces of the parties involved,” the document says.

The heads of state called on the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately commit themselves to resume negotiations on the essence of the settlement with the assistance of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.

Earlier, the UN Security Council and Secretary General of the organization, Antonio Guterres, appealed to Baku and Yerevan with an appeal to cease fire.