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EU Calls For โ€˜Immediate Return To Negotiationsโ€™ Over Karabakh

EU Calls For โ€˜Immediate Return To Negotiationsโ€™ Over Karabakh

The European Union called Sunday for a halt to fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani separatists over the Nagorny Karabakh region and an ‘immediate return to negotiations.’

The worst clashes since 2016 broke out on Sunday between arch-foes Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have been locked for decades in a territorial dispute over the Armenia-backed breakaway region.

‘Military action must stop, as a matter of urgency, to prevent a further escalation,’ European Council president Charles Michel tweeted, calling for ‘an immediate return to negotiations, without preconditions.’

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell stressed the urgency of relaunching negotiations over Nagorny Karabakh under …