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“I signed a declaration with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan on the end of the Karabakh war at 1 am local time (10 pm Central European time). (…) The content of the declaration is indescribably painful to me and for our people, based on the analysis and evaluation of the people who are most familiar with the situation, ”wrote Pasinján, adding that it was very difficult to make a decision.
“This is not a victory, nor a defeat, until you consider yourself defeated. We will never consider ourselves defeated, and this will be the beginning of a new era of our national unity and rebirth,” said the Armenian prime minister. He also announced that he would give a speech to people in the coming days.
Arajik Harutjunjan, Prime Minister of separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, said on his Facebook page that he had given his consent to “end the war as soon as possible.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the parties had signed a joint statement on a total ceasefire.
Vladimir Putin said early Tuesday morning that the agreements provide an opportunity for a just solution to the conflict in the interests of the people of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
“We assume that the agreements reached will create the necessary conditions for a lasting and comprehensive solution to the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh on a just basis, taking into account the interests of the Armenian and Azerbaijani people,” Putin emphasized.
As he said, the actors in the conflict will remain in the positions they currently occupy. “The Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia will remain in the positions they occupy along the front lines in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, the Russian Federation will establish a peace contingent “announced the Russian president. He added that the agreements include the reciprocal transfer of prisoners of war and the bodies of the fallen.
Putin also explained that the refugees are returning to Nagorno-Karabakh under the supervision of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
According to the Russian head of state, an agreement was also reached to eliminate the economic and transport short-circuit in the region. He added that the uninterrupted transportation of cargo would be ensured, among other things, with the assistance of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB).
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced that it has begun deploying 1,960 Russian peacekeepers and 470 vehicles in the disputed region with Il-76 military transport aircraft.
Aliyev expressed his conviction that the agreement is in the interest of both peoples. “I am pleased to mark the end of the Karabakh accord, which has been going on for several years,” said the Azerbaijani leader before signing the statement. As he said, the ceasefire will be monitored jointly by Turkish and Russian peacekeepers. He added that the mission is for five years until now, with the possibility of an additional five-year extension. Aliyev did not mention the size of the Turkish contingent.
The Azerbaijani president also announced that by December 1, his country would regain control of the Agdam, Kelbajar and Lacsin regions in the conflict zone.
Spontaneous demonstrations broke out in Yerevan following the announcement of the agreement. The protesters called Pasinjan a traitor and, breaking the police cordon, stormed the government building. According to the Russian news agency TASZSZ, protesters are rampaging through offices. The police have not used violence and are trying to reassure people. Activists have suggested bringing the head of government to the residence.
Armenian armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh acknowledged on Monday that they no longer ruled the enclave’s second-largest city, Susa (Arsu in Armenian), and Azerbaijani forces were getting closer and closer to surrounding Stepanakert, the province’s headquarters.
The Nagorno-Karabakh prime minister, the dissident, has previously said that whoever controls Susa controls all of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town is 15 km from Stepanakert.
The latest clashes have taken place in Nagorno-Karabakh since September 27. Azerbaijan was determined to retake its enclave, which was inhabited mainly by Armenians, at gunpoint. Tens of thousands of civilians have fled the fighting and more than 1,000 Armenian soldiers were reportedly killed in the fighting. Azerbaijan does not report military losses.
The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, which unilaterally separated from Azerbaijan and later declared itself independent, broke out in 1988, during the existence of the Soviet Union, and armed fighting between Armenians and Azeris has broken out over and over again since then. It wants to restore the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and Armenia defends the interests of the enclave inhabited by Armenians.
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