Russian, Armenian Prime Ministers Discuss Karabakh Escalation in Phone Call

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Medvedev expressed serious concern over the recent outbreak of hostilities along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact in a phone call with his Armenian counterpart.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed serious concern over the recent outbreak of hostilities along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact in a phone call with his Armenian counterpart Hovik Abrahamyan on Tuesday, the Russian Cabinet press service said.

"Medvedev expressed a serious concern about the escalation of the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh. The Russian prime minister stressed the need to ensure the strict implementation of the ceasefire regime as well as the importance of a resumption of the process of political settlement," the press service said in a statement.

According to the document, Medvedev confirmed his planned official visit to Armenia on April 7-8.

The violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region of Azerbaijan with a predominantly Armenian population, escalated on Friday night. Baku and Yerevan have accused each other of provoking hostilities.

Following three days of heavy fighting, the conflicting sides agreed a ceasefire in the disputed region that came into force at noon on Tuesday.

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