War in Europe's shadow: Armenia reports artillery fire - Putin and Merkel intervene

The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continues.

The UN Security Council got involved and has a clear demand.

Angela Merkel also spoke up.

• Another exchange of fire broke out

  between

  Armenia and Azerbaijan

  .

• The

  UN Security Council

  calls "immediately" to end the fighting.

• Angela Merkel

  appealed to the warring parties to start negotiating again.

Baku / Yerevan - On the fourth day in a row, heavy shelling broke out between the two warring countries Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The conflict over the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh does not end.

On Wednesday morning (September 30) there was artillery fire along the entire demarcation line, said a

in Yerevan.

In contrast, the

maintains

that the city of Terter was attacked by the Armenians on its own territory.

Many people were injured and buildings were destroyed.

Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: UN calls for talks and cessation of fighting

The

has called for the fighting to cease “immediately”.

The 15 Member States of the most powerful UN body called on the parties to the conflict "without hesitation" to the negotiating table. But they should be using the so-called Minsk Group of the

cooperate. The Security Council published on Tuesday evening (29 September) in New York a corresponding declaration.

Agreement does not seem to be in sight at first.

Both the

and the

had

announced

the

shortly before

.

Both sides claim to have already inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops.

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Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan

© Editor: M. Lorenz / Graphics: F. Bökelmann / dpa

In addition, the UN Security Council fears that the intervention of foreign powers will continue to pour fuel into the fire and that the new conflict will spread.

On Tuesday, the Armenian Defense Ministry alleged that a

had shot down an Armenian military plane.

immediately denied this.

The special summit of EU heads of state and government will also deal with the conflict on Thursday and Friday, as Council President Charles Michel announced.

Chancellor Angela Merkel * (CDU *) called on Tuesday in phone calls with

and

to return to the negotiating table within the Minsk group.

Russian President

on the other hand,

the "urgent need" for a ceasefire

during a telephone

with

.

The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh flared up again after years

Nagorno-Karabakh

 is located in Azerbaijan, but is mostly inhabited by Armenians, who also have the region under their control.

The conflict over the region has been going on for decades.

After a bloody war with 30,000 dead, the formerly autonomous Soviet area

declared

its

in

the early 1990s

.

However, the region is not recognized by any country as a separate state and is still considered part of Azerbaijan internationally.

On Sunday the conflict had flared up again after years of relative calm.

The situation is complicated by the competition between

for greater influence in the South Caucasus.

List of rubric lists: © Armenia Defense Ministry / AP / dpa