[ad_1]
Russia has started deploying nearly 2,000 peacekeepers following an agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh.
Three Russian IL-76 military transporters carrying more than 80 Russian blue helmets, armored personnel carriers and telecommunications vehicles landed today at Armenia’s Erebuni Airport, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region
Earlier, according to the announcement of the Defense Ministry, an IL-76 aircraft transported the officers of the peacekeeping force to Armenia. In total, 1,960 soldiers, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 vehicles and special equipment will be deployed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
RELEVANT ARTICLES
Armenia: crowd angry at Nagorno-Karabakh agreement invades parliament [εικόνες]
The Nagorno-Karabakh war is over: Armenia capitulates and grants land to Azerbaijan
The agreement reached yesterday marks Azerbaijan’s military victories in this mountainous region of the Caucasus populated by Armenians, which separated from Azerbaijan after a war in the 1990s. Clashes have raged since the end of September. supported by Yerevan and the Azerbaijani army.
The agreement, which came into effect at 9:00 last night, was signed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nicole Pasinian, and Vladimir Putin. According to the Russian president, the warlords retain “the positions they occupy.” The announcement sparked joy in Azerbaijan and anger in Armenia.
Reactions in Armenia to the agreement with Azerbaijan
The Armenian prime minister wrote on Facebook that the signing of the agreement was “incredibly painful”, but that the decision was necessary in view of the events and was also requested by the army. “It is a great failure for us, a great disaster, a great mourning for the lives lost,” he said.
The agreement provoked strong reactions in the country, and citizens stormed into Parliament.
For his part, French President Emanuel Macron called for cooperation on a “sustainable political agreement” that would “protect the interests of Armenia”, and called on Turkey to end its challenges.
Satisfaction in Baku for the agreement
The President of Azerbaijan welcomed the surrender of his enemy. “I said we would chase them (Armenians) from our land like dogs and we did,” he said. Turkey, which has supported Azerbaijan, has welcomed its significant progress.
At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry and officials of the military-industrial complex, said that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, had promised that a detailed investigation would be carried out. blame for the downing of a Russian helicopter near the border with Azerbaijan, which resulted in the death of two crew members and the injury of another crew member.
The Russian president instructed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to provide all possible assistance to the families of the pilots of the Russian MI-24 helicopter, while all participants in the meeting observed a minute of silence in memory of the two. Russian pilots.
[ad_2]
