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Kazakhstan urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to resolve conflict peacefully

Xinhua, April 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev called for a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia during telephone conversations with presidents of the two countries on Wednesday.

According to Kazakhstan presidential news agency Akorda, Nazarbayev sent his condolences over the casualties of civilians and servicemen in the conflict.

Nazarbayev said the two sides should renew bilateral talks under relevant international law. He said the OSCE Minsk Group should monitor the process.

Hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the contact line of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region flared up overnight Saturday with the two countries' defense ministries blaming each other for triggering the escalation.

The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said 12 Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in the fighting while the Armenian side confirmed that 18 soldiers died in the conflict.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter dispute over the mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh first broke out in 1988, when the region claimed independence from Azerbaijan to join Armenia.

Peace talks have been held since 1994 when a ceasefire was reached, but there have been occasional minor clashes in the past along the borders and across the volatile frontline of the Karabakh area. The clashes obviously escalated last month. Enditem