Kremlin says Putin making 'every effort' to de-escalate Armenia-Azerbaijan hostilities

Record ID: 1689124

  • Title: Kremlin says Putin making 'every effort' to de-escalate Armenia-Azerbaijan hostilities
  • Date: 13th September 2022
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 31, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF KREMLIN
  • Embargoed: 27th September 2022 11:28
  • Keywords: ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN KREMLIN
  • Location: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Europe,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001495613092022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: FOR FOOTAGE OF ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER NIKOL PASHINYAN ADDRESSING PARLIAMENT AND ARMENIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY VIDEO SAID TO BE OF AZERBAIJANI TROOPS ON THE ARMENIAN BORDER REGION, SEE EDIT 4935
    Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing everything he can to help de-escalate hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (September 13).
    "It is difficult to overestimate the role of Russia, and the role of Putin personally" in mediating between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
    "The president is making every effort to contribute to the de-escalation of tensions on the border. These efforts are continuing," he added.
    Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have blamed each other for overnight clashes along the border.
    A Moscow-brokered ceasefire collapsed after less than an hour on Tuesday morning, although the intensity of fighting has reduced, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an address to parliament.
    The new flare-up of decades-old hostilities between the south Caucasus countries has fuelled fears that a second fully-fledged war could break out in the post-Soviet world in addition to Russia's ongoing military action in Ukraine.
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