On Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict, India asks ‘aggressor aspect’ to stop hostilities | World News

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday referred to as on the “aggressor aspect” in contemporary preventing alongside the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to “instantly stop hostilities” and stated bilateral disputes ought to be resolved via diplomacy and dialogue.

Exterior affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi referred to assaults alongside the border between the 2 international locations and stated: “We've seen experiences of assaults alongside the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, together with focusing on of civilian settlements and infrastructure on September 12-13, 2022. We name upon the aggressor aspect to instantly stop hostilities.”

He added, “We imagine that bilateral disputes ought to be settled via diplomacy and dialogue. There may be no navy resolution to any battle. We encourage each side to pursue talks to reach at a long-lasting and peaceable resolution.”

Armenia has stated no less than 49 of its troopers have been killed in preventing alongside the border with Azerbaijan, and that the assaults have been carried out due to a dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh area.

Alternatively, Azerbaijan stated its troops returned fireplace to stop “large-scale provocations” by Armenia’s navy.

Russia stated on Tuesday it brokered a truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan after preventing erupted on the border between the 2 sides this week. The media in Azerbaijan, nevertheless, reported the ceasefire has already been damaged.

Moscow referred to as on the 2 international locations to “chorus from additional escalation of the state of affairs, train restraint and strictly observe the ceasefire in accordance with the trilateral statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021”, based on a press release from Russia’s international ministry.

Russia stated it acted after receiving an enchantment from Armenia’s management to “help in resolving the state of affairs”.

The dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh dates again to the collapse of the Soviet Union within the late Eighties. The area is managed by ethnic Armenians however is situated inside Azerbaijan’s territory. The 2 international locations final clashed over the area in 2020.