A lokacin da yaƙin ya ci gaba, Armenia da Azerbaijan, duka tsoffin Jamhuriyoyin Soviet, sun shiga cikin dogon lokaci, yaƙin da ba a bayyana shi ba a tsaunukan tsaunuka na Karabakh yayin da Azerbaijan ke ƙoƙarin dakile yunkurin rabuwa a Nagorno-Karabakh. Majalisar dokokin yankin ta yi zaɓe don amincewa da haɗin kai da Armenia kuma ta yi zaben raba gardama, wanda yawan jama'ar Azerbaijan suka yi, wanda yawancin Armeniya da Armeniya suka yi zaɓe a Nagorno-Karabakh a kudu maso yammacin Azerbaijan, tare da goyon bayan Jamhuriyar Armenia, da kuma Jamhuriyar Azerbaijan. A farkon watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1992, Armeniya da Azerbaijan, duka tsoffin Jamhuriyoyin Soviet, sun fara rikici da juna a cikin tsaunukan tsaunukan tsaunukan tsaunukan tsaunukan tsaunukan Karabakh yayin da Azerbaijan ke ƙoƙarin dakile yunkurin rabuwa a Nagorno-Karabakh.
Mayu na 1994