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Sep 29, 2020

Arthur Arshakyan (L), a civilian, and Aghajan (R), a member of the Armenian military who did not provide his last name, lie in their hospital room at the Children's Medical Center on Sept. 29, 2020, in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Heavy fighting has taken place since Sept. 27 in the territory, with both sides reporting military and civilian casualties in perhaps the worst violence since 2016. — Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images

US presidential candidate Joe Biden today called on Turkey to stay out of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict.

Biden said in a tweet today that the Trump administration should seek to de-escalate the renewed fighting in the Caucasus. “With casualties rapidly mounting in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, the Trump Administration needs to call the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan immediately to de-escalate the situation,” Biden said.

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