The presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, had a telephone conversation during which they discussed the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, the Kremlin press service reported.
The telephone conversation was initiated by the French side. The two leaders condemned the sharp escalation of the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, as well as expressed concern over the ongoing hostilities.
Putin and Macron called on the parties to the conflict to declare an immediate ceasefire and defuse the tense situation. "There is no alternative to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. In this context, special criteria for further cooperation were considered, first of all in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group", the Kremlin said in a statement.
