Russia hopes the parties to the Nagorno Karbakh conflict will return to the negotiating table, Spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

“Today marks the anniversary of the end of  large-scale military actions at the line of contact between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in what became the worst violation of the ceasefire regime since 1994,” Spokesperson Maria Zakharova told a briefing today.

“The OSCE Minsk Group and the international community have been taking measures to help create conditions for furthering the negotiations. For that purpose two summits were organized in Vienna and St. Petersburg. Work in that direction continues, and we hope the parties will return to the negotiating table and continue discussions,” Zakharova said.