Hi °C | Lo °C The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to intensify talks to end a 20-year conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The pledge was made during discussions outside Moscow hosted by Russia's president, according to a joint statement.
Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces since a six-year conflict that killed about 30,000 and displaced a million people before a truce was reached in 1994.
Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, proposed the talks last month and they appear to reflect a renewed Kremlin effort to strengthen its influence in the energy-rich Caspian region.
