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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan once again admitted his responsibility for what happened in the Nagorno Karabakh region and promised to carry out comprehensive reforms in the country, while Azerbaijan confirmed that Russia and Turkey will participate to ensure security in the region.
Pashinyan presented a roadmap for the most important measures to be taken in Armenia during the next stage, highlighting that its main objective is to ensure democratic stability in Armenia and the formation of power through freedom of expression.
He also announced his intention to make changes in the Armenian government to implement the Road Map, and requested that it be given until next June to implement it.
For its part, the Azerbaijani News Agency, quoting President Ilham Aliyev, stated that Russia and Turkey will participate to ensure the safety of Azerbaijanis and Armenians in the Karabakh region.
Russian forces
The Council of the Russian Federation approved a proposal by President Vladimir Putin to send Russian peacekeepers to the region, and the President of the Council of the Federation said that Russian peacekeepers had a critical role in stopping hostilities in Karabakh.
He indicated that the role of the Russian forces is not limited to monitoring the ceasefire. Rather, it includes humanitarian roles played in protecting the displaced returning to the region and providing them with medical assistance.
And Putin had previously confirmed that his country was ready to increase the number of peacekeepers in the Karabakh region if necessary, and Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed, noting that there are differences between Russia and Turkey. But he emphasized that diplomacy helps them reach compromises.
Putin said Russia was able to convince Baku and Ankara not to participate in the peacekeeping forces. In order to avoid torpedoing the deal, he added that in exchange it was agreed that Turkey and Russia would monitor the ceasefire.
Turkey participation
On the Turkish side, the parliament approved yesterday Tuesday the memorandum of the Presidency of the Republic on the dispatch of troops to Azerbaijan, within the framework of ensuring the ceasefire signed with Armenia.
The memorandum, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated that the Turkish armed forces will carry out their functions in the joint center, that Turkey and Russia will jointly establish at the location determined by Azerbaijan, and that individual civilians will participate in the mission, as necessary. .
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced the holding of technical meetings between the Turkish and Russian military delegations in the capital Ankara to discuss the measures to be implemented after the ceasefire in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
Yesterday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian asked Russia to dispel “confusion” over the ceasefire signed in Nagorno-Karabakh, especially regarding the role of Turkey and foreign fighters.
On November 10, Russia announced that Azerbaijan and Armenia had reached an agreement providing for a ceasefire in Karabakh, with the forces of the two countries stationed in their current areas of control, after approximately two months of new fighting in the region.
The agreement provides for Azerbaijan to regain control of the 3 provinces occupied by Armenia within a specific period of time, which are Kilgar until November 25, Aghdam until November 20 and Lachin until December 1.
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