“We are concerned that tensions will not cease, and that is why we call on the parties to restraint and actions in the spirit of the trilateral documents signed two years ago,” Peskov said answering a question on Moscow’s stance on tensions in the enclave.

The decades-long conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh flared up again in September 2020, marking the worst escalation since the 1990s.

Hostilities ended with a trilateral ceasefire declaration, signed in November 2020 with Russian mediation.

In 2022, the two countries began discussing the future peace agreement mediated by Russia, the United States and the European Union. The document made no reference to the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, which was to be defined through negotiations.

Last May 25, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced the possibility of signing a peace treaty with the neighboring country, given that “Armenia has officially recognized that Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan”.

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