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Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Alexander Lukashevich has called on the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Igor Popov of Russia, Stephane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the US, to look at a possibility of visiting the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, TASS reported.

"It is very important that the [OSCE Minsk Group] co-chairs have a possibility to visit the region soon to see the situation and speak with the sides onsite," he said. "It is very important. I think it may be possible very soon."

"Apart from that, the issue of access for international humanitarian organizations to the population is very acute now. There are a lot of organizational details the sides interpret differently," he added.

The situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border has been tense since the May 12 incursion of the Azerbaijani military into Armenian territory. On May 27, Azerbaijani forces captured six Armenian soldiers while they were carrying out engineering work in the border areas of Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province. Yerevan has slammed the incident and turned to the European Court of Human Rights.