Russian Foreign Minister calls on all parties to the Naka conflict to stop confrontational thinking

  Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, October 19 (Reporter Wu Gang) On the 19th, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov called on all parties to the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Naka) region to stop thinking of confrontation.

  According to a communiqu issued on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 19th, Lavrov held talks with the visiting Secretary-General Bridge of the European Commission.

He said at a joint press conference held after the talks that Russia had informed the European Commission of Russia's position on the Naka conflict and the measures it had taken to stabilize the situation.

The Russian side believes that the most important thing at the moment is that all parties to the Naka conflict stop thinking of confrontation.

  Lavrov said that only by stopping the confrontational mindset can we truly achieve a ceasefire in the Naka region and stop attacks on civilian targets.

The realization of a ceasefire in the Naka region is the main content of the joint statement issued by the presidents of the three countries of Russia, the United States and France on the conflict in the Naka region on October 1.

  On September 27, a new round of conflict broke out in Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Naka region. Both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement reached before and taking the lead in launching a military offensive.

  On October 10, the foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia issued a statement in Moscow stating that Azerbaijan and Armenia reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Naka region, and the parties agreed to a ceasefire in the Naka region from 12:00 on October 10, local time.

However, after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, the Ayas and the two sides continued to accuse each other of violating the agreement to launch attacks.

  The Naka region is located in southwestern Azerbaijan, and its residents are mostly Armenians.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, war broke out in Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Naka region.

In 1994, the two sides reached an agreement on a comprehensive ceasefire, but the two countries have been in a state of hostility over the Naqqa issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.