 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1988, vaArmenia veKarabakh vakavhota kuti vazviparadzanise uye vabatane neArmenia. Izvi zvakasangana nekupondwa kwevaArmenians kunyanya mumaguta matatu eAzerbaijan: Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad uye zvakatungamira mukukakavadzana kwemauto kwakazozivikanwa seHondo yeNagorno-Karabakh. Hondo yakaguma de facto neArmenian occupation yeyaimbova NKAO nenzvimbo nomwe dzakapoteredza dzeAzerbaijan dzenzvimbo yakafanana yakabatanidzwa uye yakamiswa zvakanaka apo mativi ese akabvumirana kucherechedza hondo yekumisa, iyo yanga ichishanda kubva muna Chivabvu 1994. Mukupera kwa1995, vose vakabvumawo kuyananiswa kweOSCE Minsk Group. Boka reMinsk pari zvino rinotungamirirwa neUnited States, France, neRussia uye rinosanganisira Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, uye dzimwe nyika dzokuWestern Europe. 