The border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 13The US is urging Russia to use its significant influence in Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop the escalation and is confident that the escalation is not in its interests, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. «There is no doubt that the escalation of hostilities or direct violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan. .. does not meet the interests of Russia. Nobody is interested in this,» he said. «There is also no doubt that Russia has significant influence on both Armenia and Azerbaijan. We called on Russia and we call on it to use this influence… in a way to help achieve a cessation of hostilities and, more broadly, a de-escalation of these tensions,” Price added. Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani military shelled the territory of Armenia using artillery and drones. The areas on the border — Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Syunik regions (connects Armenia with Iran) were shelled. These territories have nothing to do with Karabakh. Baku stated that the Armenian military fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border, there was a clash. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry accused Armenia of intending to disrupt the peace process. Both sides reported their military casualties.
Minsk offered to send the CSTO Secretary General to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border By morning, the parties agreed on a ceasefire. As the head of the International Committee of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin told RIA Novosti, a truce on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was achieved thanks to the efforts of Russia, including after a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the work of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the senator, there is a lot of work to be done, since Yerevan applied to the CSTO. As CSTO press secretary Vladimir Zainetdinov said earlier, an emergency meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council was held on September 13, which expressed extreme concern about the situation on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and considered proposals for using the CSTO mechanisms on settlement. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov earlier on Tuesday told RIA Novosti that the CSTO summit on the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border began via video conference.
Lavrov and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister discussed the situation on the border with Armenia
