“The EU regrets that violations continue and there are reports of fighting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh.

This leads to even greater suffering for the civilian population, ”Borrell said.

He also noted that he called the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to convince them that "the ceasefire must be unconditional and strictly observed by both sides."

Earlier, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to declare a temporary humanitarian truce from 00:00 on October 18.

Shortly thereafter, the parties accused each other of violating the truce.

Later, Azerbaijan expressed its readiness to unilaterally transfer the bodies of those killed during the hostilities to Armenia.