The US state Department called upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to “immediately stop” hostilities across the border. And Senator ed Markey supported Armenia. In the reaction of American politicians to the aggravation of the situation in the South Caucasus versed edition of the National Interest.
As reported by “the Rambler”, the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border has sharply become aggravated on July 12. The parties have accused each other of violating the ceasefire and shelling, including with the use of artillery and heavy weapons.
Conflict on the border: the final word for Moscow
By noon on 14 July killed at least 16 people, including Azerbaijani major-General, and the American politicians urged the parties to the ceasefire, said The National Interest.
“the United States strongly condemns violence on the international border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. We urge the parties to immediately stop the use of force to take advantage of existing direct lines of communication to avoid further escalation and to strictly adhere to the ceasefire regime”, – said the press-Secretary of the state Department Ortagus Morgan (Morgan Ortagys).
In turn, according to the newspaper, a member of the Senate Committee on foreign relations ed Markey made in social networks in support of Armenia, as “it defends its territorial integrity”. He called on Azerbaijan and Turkey to respect the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the aspirations of the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
