Russia, Iran join talks over Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Armenian soldiers patrol near the village of Madaghis in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. A cease-fire largely held Wednesday around Nagorno-Karabakh after an outburst of fighting that raised fears of a new all-out war between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces. (Karo Sahakyan/PAN Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

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Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, right, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, prior their talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Sergey Lavrov met in Baku with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev Wednesday, offering to help ensure that the truce will last and to contribute to a political settlement. (AP Photo) (The Associated Press)

Armenian soldiers pose near a frontline in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, April 6, 2016. A cease-fire largely held Wednesday around Nagorno-Karabakh after an outburst of fighting that raised fears of a new all-out war between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces. (Karo Sahakyan/PAN Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

BAKU, Azerbaijan – The foreign ministers of Russia and Iran have joined efforts to prevent a new war between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over Nagorno-Karabakh, where both sides have accused the other of violating a two-day-old cease-fire.

The Russian and Iranian foreign ministers were meeting with their Azerbaijani counterpart in Baku on Thursday, and the Russian prime minister was due in the Armenian capital later in the day.

Fighting that erupted over the weekend has killed at least 64 people and is the worst outbreak of violence since a separatist war ended in 1994 and left Nagorno-Karabakh, officially part of Azerbaijan, under the control of local Armenian forces and the Armenian military.

Both sides on Thursday accused the other of violating the cease-fire, with Nagorno-Karabakh's military saying one of its soldiers was killed.