The Secretary-General of the United Nations fully supports the immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Asia and Afghanistan
Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, October 31 (Reporter Wang Jiangang) United Nations Secretary-General Guterres issued a statement through a spokesperson on October 31, saying to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group that he called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to implement immediately The humanitarian ceasefire expressed full support.
Data map: On October 20, local time, a man walked past Azerbaijan drone debris in Stepanakert, Naka region.
The representatives of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group held talks with the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Geneva on October 30. The joint statement issued after the talks stated that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group called on the parties to the conflict to fully fulfill their previous commitments. Immediately implement a humanitarian ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh (Naka) area.
Guterres expressed deep concern about the ongoing conflict.
He condemned all attacks and reiterated that both sides should do their utmost to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure during military operations in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Guterres urged both parties to continue to participate in substantive dialogues and, with the assistance of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group, work to resolve the conflict.
Armenia and Azerbaijan pledged in Washington on October 25 to implement a new humanitarian ceasefire in the Naka region.
This is the third ceasefire agreement reached between the two sides since a new round of conflict broke out in the Naka region on September 27.
However, after the ceasefire agreement came into effect, both sides accused each other of breaking the ceasefire and launching 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 between 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 due to the Naka issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.