Azerbaijan has said it is unilaterally ceasing fire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a day after fighting with Armenian forces killed at least 30.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of local ethnic Armenian forces and the Armenian military since a war ended in 1994.
The Armenian Defence Ministry said Azerbaijani troops started an offensive with tanks and artillery on Saturday. Azerbaijan denied those allegations, saying its soldiers were reacting to heavy attacks from the Armenian side.
Armenia said 18 of its forces were killed and Azerbaijan reported it had 12 dead.
Analysts say the conflict is fuelled by long-simmering tensions in the region between Christian Armenians and mostly Muslim Azeris.
Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told Al Jazeera that because both countries have close ties to Russia, Moscow had influence:
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