ArmInfo.Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
According to the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Ministers discussed a sharp aggravation of the situation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Lavrov expressed serious concern over the continuing shelling along the Contact Line, which resulted in casualties, including among the civilian population. "The Russian side stressed the need for an early ceasefire. It was noted that Russia, together with other co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, will continue to undertake mediation efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.