ArmInfo.China hopes that Armenia and Azerbaijan will eliminate differences through political dialogue, and will also comply with the ceasefire agreements reached following the 44-day war in Karabakh in the fall of 2020. This was stated on August 8 at a briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, the Xinhua News Agency reports.
In this vein, he recalled that both republics are friendly to China. "Beijing drew attention to reports of a recent aggravation of the situation on the Line of Contact in Nagorno-Karabakh," the Chinese Foreign Ministry noted.
At the same time, Wenbin noted that China calls on Armenia and Azerbaijan to avoid escalating the situation in the region. Another aggravation in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began on the morning of August 1. Azerbaijani units do not stop provocations and ceasefire violations. On August 1, as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, a soldier of the Artsakh Defense Army was wounded. And already as a result of the actions of the enemy on August 3, 19 servicemen of the Artsakh Defense Army were injured, two more died. The enemy used drones and grenade launchers. The goal is to force the people of Artsakh to leave Berdzor. On August 3, the President of Artsakh announced a partial mobilization. And on August 4, at a government meeting, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, reacting to what is happening, noted that at present the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh is extremely difficult, but there are also questions for Russian peacekeepers, who should stop any attempts to violate the line of contact. To this, the Kremlin noted that close contacts between the parties would clarify the situation.