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On Thursday, Russia reaffirmed that there are differences between it and Turkey over the Nagorno Karabakh region, despite the conclusion of an agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia that ended the continuation of the violent conflict that began on September 27, saying that Turkey misunderstood the issue of the deployment of peacekeepers in the Region.
“The nuances and differences that arise on the issue of territory will be resolved during the dialogue with the Turks,” said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He added in a statement: “We had different points of view from the beginning … Russia, the United Nations, the United States, the co-presidents, France and other European countries are convinced that they support the approach that there is no alternative to resolve the conflict. of Karabakh by political and diplomatic means, and we adhere to this point of view, while Turkey adheres to a different point of view, “referring to the hint by the Turkish Defense Minister today that his country’s forces will participate in the forces peacekeepers that it was agreed to deploy in the separatist region, which is inhabited by the majority of Armenian origin.
Russian forces in Karabakh
In turn, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced today that there will be no Turkish soldiers to keep the peace in the region. He said during a press conference with various foreign and Russian agencies: “We have joint tasks with Turkey, as I said earlier, to monitor the objective situation in the area of the peacekeeping operation from the Azerbaijani side through technical monitoring. But the operation is carried out exclusively by the unit of the Russian Armed Forces. ” There is no ambiguity here. Our Turkish partners understand. “
Notably, the Kremlin had also confirmed on Tuesday that the tripartite statement by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on the cessation of fighting in the Nagorno Karabakh region contains no reference to the possibility of deploying Turkish peacekeepers in the region.
Agreement between Yerevan, Moscow and Baku
On Wednesday, the Russian military announced that its peacekeeping forces had been deployed in the Lachin corridor, which connects Armenia with the breakaway Karabakh region, following the ceasefire agreement signed with Azerbaijan on Monday. Russian General Sergei Rudsky said in a statement that some 400 of Russia’s 1960 peacekeepers, who are supposed to be deployed between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the coming days, have arrived in Armenia.
The agreement signed between Yerevan, Moscow and Baku provides for the progressive deployment of these forces with the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the lands that will return to the control of Azerbaijan, militarily victorious in the bloody conflict that lasted six weeks to regain control of the region. Karabakh separatist and seven adjacent regions outside its sovereignty since the 1990s.
From the Karabakh region (France Press)
In addition, Baku will recover, according to the agreement, the seven regions and a small part of Nagorno-Karabakh. The unilaterally proclaimed republic in Nagorno will continue to protect Russian soldiers and deploy them on the front line. The Russian army, in particular, protects the Lachin Pass, the only supply route between Karabakh and Armenia.
Russian observation posts will also be established, starting Thursday, in the south of the region.
