Moscow Expresses Concern Over Armenia-Azerbaijan Tensions.

Moscow expressed "serious concern" over fresh tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, after Azerbaijan set up a checkpoint on the only land link to the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking anger from Armenia. The majority-ethnic Armenian region is still internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan despite breaking away after the fall of the Soviet Union, with tensions regularly flaring between the two countries. Moscow brokered a ceasefire after the latest bout of fighting in 2020, and posted peacekeepers along the sole road linking Karabakh to Armenia, the Lachin corridor.