The French government said on Tuesday that it will call for talks between Russia, France and the United States and mediate in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, in which dozens have been killed and hundreds wounded over the past two days, Reuters reported.
“We will trigger in the coming days a coordination of the Minsk Group to clear up what happened, who is responsible and find a way out,” an official at French President Emmanuel Macron’s office told the news agency.
Fierce clashes have erupted between Azerbaijan and its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is run by ethnic Armenians. It is said to be the worst conflict since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
A civilian was killed on Tuesday in the Armenian town of Vardenis due to Azeri shelling, according to Reuters. Azeri troops also targeted Vardenis in drone attacks. Azerbaijan’s…