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The current status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is unsustainable and its peaceful resolution remains a priority for the EU, Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, told Euractiv.

Kocijancic further said the EU calls for an immediate de-escalation of violence.

“The sides should show restraint on the ground, strictly respect the ceasefire and the Geneva conventions. We encourage the sides to re-engage in high level negotiations aimed at an early peaceful and comprehensive settlement.”

The situation on the contact line of Armenian-Azerbaijani troops remains tense despite a ceasefire agreement that the sides signed in 1994. The Armenian Army continually violates the armistice from almost all directions, consistently firing on Azerbaijani positions.

This occupant country remains unpunished for the crimes that it committed against the Azerbaijani people.

Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over one million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. Since the war, the Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.

Armenia continues the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal of armed forces.

Peace talks brokered by mediators from Russia, France, and the U.S. have produced no results thus far.

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