China News Service, October 20. According to Agence France-Presse, on the 19th local time, members of the UN Security Council held a meeting on the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Naka) region, calling on Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect the new ceasefire agreement.
According to reports, hundreds of people have been killed since the Naqah conflict broke out on September 27.
The Security Council held a closed-door discussion on the conflict at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the 19th.
During the meeting, the 15 member states of the Security Council reiterated the call of UN Secretary General Guterres that all parties abide by the new ceasefire agreement.
On October 15, local time, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued in the Naka region. A hospital in the Martakert region was destroyed in the fighting.
A UN diplomat said, “Everyone is talking about the same thing: the situation is very bad, and both sides need to retreat and listen to the Secretary-General’s call for a ceasefire.”
According to reports, Russia, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council, is drafting a statement calling on the two sides to comply with the ceasefire agreement.
The draft resolution will also call on Armenia and Azerbaijan to resume negotiations facilitated by the OSCE Minsk Group.
The members of the Security Council are expected to reach an agreement this week.
Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out in a new round of conflict in the Naka region on September 27. Both sides accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement and taking the lead in launching a military offensive.
On October 10, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a humanitarian ceasefire agreement under the witness of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
But less than a day later, the peace was broken again by the sound of cannons.
On October 17, Armenia and Azerbaijan announced a new ceasefire agreement, agreeing to implement a ceasefire from 0:00 local time on the 18th, but soon afterwards both parties accused the other side of breaking the ceasefire and launching an attack.
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.