Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 12 (AFP/APP):Russia on Monday urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to immediately start observing a ceasefire agreed over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region as intense fighting between the two Caucasus rivals cast fresh doubt over the accord. Armenia and Azerbaijan have for the last two weeks engaged in bitter clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region of Azerbaijan controlled by Armenians after a 1990s war whose independence is recognised by no state. The fighting, the worst since a 1994 ceasefire, has sparked fears of a regional conflict, with Turkey backing Azerbaijan, Armenia seeking to pull ex-Soviet ally Russia in on its side and Iran looking on warily. After 11 hours of talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Moscow, the two sides agreed early Saturday to a humanitarian ceasefire. But repeated clashes have so far made a mockery of the truce deal, with both sides Monday accusing the other of repeated violations. “We expect that the decisions that have been adopted will be rigorously observed by both parties,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow after hosting his Armenian counterpart Zohrab Mnatsakanyan. The truce — whose immediate aim was to exchange prisoners and the bodies of people killed … Continue reading Armenia, Azerbaijan clash over Karabakh as Russia urges halt