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Nato chief calls for ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh

  • 05 Oct 2020
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Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium. File/Reuters

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Monday for a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh as the death toll rose during fighting in the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus.

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"It is extremely important that we convey a very clear message to all parties that they should cease fighting immediately, that we should support all efforts to find a peaceful, negotiated solution," Stoltenberg said during a visit to Turkey. "There is no military solution," he told a news conference.

The fighting began on Sept. 27 and has surged to its worst level since the 1990s, when some 30,000 people were killed.

Reuters

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