The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has entered into a new stage, with Azerbaijan continuing to escalate the border tension in violation of the Vienna and St Petersburg arrangements, a vice president of the Armenian National Assembly said today, condemning the Azerbaijani authorities' policy of sacrificing their civilians in military operations.

“The Azerbaijani leadership has very well learned the Nazi German lessons, and they are using their population as a living shield,” Eduard Sharmazanov told a news conference.

Commenting on the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers’ recent meeting in Brussels,  the parliament official said he saw the co-chairs reaffirm, yet another time, the idea of reaching a negotiated settlement.

He also highlighted Armenia's repeated calls for respecting the arrangements as an important precondition for renewing the peace talks.

“The Armenian side also said that Azerbaijan is responsible for the failure to abide by the St Petersburg and Moscow arrangements,” Sharmaznov said, calling also for active efforts by the co-chairs towards urging Azerbaijan to respect the deals reached.

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