Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the last three months.

The Government is deeply concerned by the military action in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and has been in regular contact with both the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan urging de-escalation and a return to the negotiating table. Since the renewed hostilities began, the Minister for the European Neighbourhood has spoken to the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers three times, most recently on 28 October, to raise UK concerns over civilian casualties and fatalities, urge immediate de-escalation and reinforce the importance of engagement with the OSCE Minsk Group. Additionally, officials have continued to engage with the Azerbaijani Ambassador and the Armenian Charge d'Affaires in London and our Embassies in Baku and Yerevan have continued to work with their hosts on a range of topics, including at Foreign Minister level.