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BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) - Russia is considering an Iranian proposal for ending the conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces in the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh after three ceasefires failed to halt fighting that is now in its sixth week.
Local resident Elsever Pashayev stands in his house that was allegedly damaged by recent shelling during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the city of Tartar, Azerbaijan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
Interfax news agency quoted deputy Russian foreign minister Andrei Rudenko as saying Iran’s proposal was made by deputy foreign minister Abbas Abaqchi during a visit to Moscow last week, but gave no details.
French, Armenian Leaders Again Discuss Karabakh
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FRANCE French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shakes hands with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian during a bilateral meeting as part of the Paris Peace Forum, in Paris, November 12, 2019
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French President Emmanuel Macron and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian have again discussed the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone following the recent Armenian-Azerbaijani war stopped by a Russian-brokered ceasefire.
They spoke by phone late on Wednesday one day after a transport plane chartered by the French government delivered more humanitarian aid to Armenian victims of the conflict. The aid included medical supplies and clothing collected by the French-Armenian Aznavour Foundation.
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Archbishop José Bettencourt, papal nuncio to Georgia and Armenia. Credit: Joseavelinobettencourt via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Rome Newsroom, Dec 14, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A papal envoy traveled to Armenia last week to speak with civil and Christian leaders in the aftermath of the country’s 44-day war with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Archbishop José Bettencourt, the papal nuncio to Georgia and Armenia, who is based in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, visited Armenia Dec. 5-9.
Upon his return, the nuncio expressed concern that much remains unresolved a month after the Russian-brokered ceasefire negotiations and appealed for the preservation of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Christian cultural heritage.
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Armenia has accused Baku of violating a ceasefire agreement in the conflict over Azerbaijan s Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Armenia s Defense Ministry said Azerbaijani forces attacked positions held by ethnic Armenian forces, the so-called Karabakh Defense Army, in Nagorno-Karabakh in the southern Hadrut district on December 12, RFE/RL wrote.
Azerbaijan s Defense Ministry issued a statement accusing the Armenian military of staging a provocation and insisted that the ceasefire agreement was holding.
Karabakh Defense Army officials said three of its fighters were wounded in clashes on December 11.
Russian peacekeepers monitoring the ceasefire agreement acknowledged violations in Hadrut on both days, but did not assign blame.