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After Russia spoke about a “misunderstanding” between it and Turkey regarding the deployment of peacekeepers in the disputed Narogo Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ankara decided once again to confront the Russians.
On Thursday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar announced that his country is present in the Karabakh agreement in the negotiations and on the ground, saying: No one can subject us to the fait accompli, as he himself said.
The Turkish minister’s statement came hours after Russia renewed its claim that there were differences between it and Turkey in the region, considering that Turkey understood the error of the issue of the deployment of peacekeepers in the region.
No alternative
Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, revealed that the nuances and differences that arise on the issue of the region will be resolved during the dialogue with the Turks, adding in a statement that if his country has had different points of view from The beginning is with the United Nations, the United States, and the presidents. The participants, France and other European countries are convinced supporters of the approach that there is no alternative to resolving the conflict in Karabakh by political and diplomatic means.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Archives – France Press)
He also announced that Moscow adheres to this point of view, while Turkey adheres to a different point of view, as he himself said, referring to the Turkish Defense Minister hinting 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 origins.
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.
Stop fighting
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.
From the disputed Karabakh region between Azerbaijan and Armenia – France Press
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.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Archives – 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.
