The chairman of the European People’s Party Donald Tusk made a statement on the actions unleashed by Azerbaijan in Artsakh. Tusk wrote about this on his Twitter microblog.

“We are very concerned about the hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh. Let us do everything in our power to prevent the conflict from turning into an ongoing war. We call on the parties to maintain the dialogue. The only alternative to dialogue is a catastrophe for the whole region and beyond.”

It should be reminded that in the early morning on 27 September, Azerbaijan started active shelling along the line of contact. Peaceful settlements, including the capital Stepanakert, are also being shelled. The population was called to take refuge. Stepanakert stated that the answer will be proportionate, “the entire responsibility for the situation lies with the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan, personally Ilham Aliyev.”