During phone talks, Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoygu called on the defense ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop the operations that are inciting escalation of the situation, TASS reports.

“Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, army general Sergey Shoygu had a telephone conversation with Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov and Minister of Defense of Armenia Suren Papikyan. The defense ministers discussed the escalation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border near Mount Kilisa. Shoygu called on the two parties to stop the operations inciting escalation of the situation,” the press release of the Russian Ministry of Defense reads.