French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced today, that France and Russia will hold a meeting regarding the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, as part of the efforts with the United States to settle the conflict.
Le Drian said, "Tomorrow there will be meetings in regards to Nagorno Karabakh in Geneva, and other meetings will be held in Moscow on Monday. We hope that this will lead to the start of negotiations."
Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Russia, France and the United States condemned the dangerous and unprecedented violence in Nagorno Karabakh and renewed their call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the region.
A tripartite statement said: “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who represent the countries co-chairing the Minsk Group, denounced the unprecedented practices in Bagh."
The military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan continued on 27 September, and the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, approved the declaration of the war state in a number of cities and regions and the curfew. He also announced a partial mobilization.
Prior to that, the Armenian Cabinet declared a state of war and general mobilization in the country due to the events in Nagorno Karabakh.
A number of countries, including the Russian Federation and France, called on conflicting parties to show restraint.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also had a phone conversation in which they indicated that it is important to spare no effort to prevent strikes in Karabakh.
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