Charles Michel, President of the European Council says “reports of hostilities from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone are of most serious concern.”

Charles Michel noted that “military action must stop, as a matter of urgency, to prevent a further escalation. An immediate return to negotiations, without preconditions, is the only way forward.”

Reports of hostilities from the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone are of most serious concern.

Military action must stop, as a matter of urgency, to prevent a further escalation.

An immediate return to negotiations, without preconditions, is the only way forward.

— Charles Michel (@eucopresident) September 27, 2020

Clashes on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border have broken out today. Armenian Defence Ministry said: “early this morning, the Azerbaijani side launched missile attacks along the entire line of contact targeting also the peaceful settlements, including the capital Stepanakert.”

Shushan Stepanian, a spokesman for Armenia’s Defense Ministry noted that Azerbaijan launched an air and missile attack in the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh. “Armenian army side has destroyed three Azerbaijani tanks and shot down two enemy helicopters and three unmanned aerial vehicles.”

As Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan stated, “the command staff of the Azerbaijan Army decided to launch a counter-offensive operation of our troops along the entire front to suppress the combat activity of the armed forces of Armenia and ensure the safety of the civilian population.”