Brussels 19.09.2023 “The European Union condemns the military escalation along the Line of Contact and in other locations in Karabakh. The EU deplores the loss of lives brought by the escalation. We call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and for Azerbaijan to stop the current military activities” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on the military escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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“There is an urgent need to return to dialogue between Baku and Karabakh Armenians. This military escalation should not be used as a pretext to force the exodus of the local population.

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“Violence needs to stop in order to provide a conducive environment for peace and normalisation talks. Genuine commitment by all sides is required to work towards negotiated outcomes. The EU remains fully engaged to facilitate the dialogue”.

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Azerbaijan has launched “anti-terrorist” operations in areas of Nagorno-Karabakh region remaining under ethnic-Armenian control, threatening to carry on “until the end”.

South Caucasus suffered from tensions for months around the breakaway enclave or Nagorno-Karabakh, recognised internationally as part of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan and Armenia last went to war three years ago, more than seven thousand soldiers and civilians were killed, with hundreds more Armenian and Azerbaijani soldiers wounded.

Baku made clear the latest offensive would stop only with a surrender of the disputed territories.

“Illegal Armenian military formations” would have to raise the white flag, hand over all weapons and dissolve “the illegal regime”, the Azerbaijani presidency said in a statement.