The violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Azerbaijani breakaway region with a predominantly Armenian population, escalated on Saturday. On Tuesday, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed a ceasefire, after more than three days of deadly fighting in the mountainous region.
"The German seven-point plan to start the settlement of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh should help to reduce the violence outbreak potential and outline the way to the sustainable and peaceful resolution of the conflict," the source told reporters.
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began in 1988, when the Armenian-dominated autonomous region sought to secede from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, before proclaiming independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The warring sides agreed to a cessation of hostilities in 1994.
