Armenia Seeks Mediation as Azerbaijan Standoff Stokes War Fears
- Tensions have been escalating over blocked aid deliveries
- Cross-border shelling has left casualties on both sides
Armenian lorries carrying humanitarian aid for the Nagorno-Karabakh region seen stranded near an Azerbaijani checkpoint, in July.
Photographer: Karen Minasayan/AFP/Getty Images
Armenia appealed to the US, Europe and Iran to help defuse a standoff with neighboring Azerbaijan over blocked aid deliveries to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which have raised tensions to their highest point since a 2020 war.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held phone talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, his office said in a statement on Saturday. Pashinyan told Blinken he’s ready for urgent talks with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, according to the statement.