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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appealed to the Russian leadership with a request to initiate urgent consultations to “determine the type and amount of assistance” that Moscow can provide to Yerevan. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that at this stage it is impossible.
On October 31, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which for the first time after the escalation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, he asked Russia for help. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.
“Taking into account the approach of hostilities to the border of Armenia, the facts of the invasion of the territory of the republic, the Prime Minister appealed to the President of the Russian Federation for immediate consultations in order to determine the type and the amount of assistance that the Russian Federation can provide to Armenia to ensure its security, based on the relations between Armenia and Russia and article 2 of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of August 29, 1997 ”, said the Chancellery.
In turn, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that at this stage the Russian Federation cannot provide assistance to Armenia.
“According to the agreement, Russia will provide Yerevan with all necessary assistance if the clashes are transferred directly to the territory of Armenia,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh, with the support of Armenia, declared its independence from Azerbaijan. This led to hostilities that lasted until 1994. The armed conflict ended with the signing of the Bishkek Protocol on an armistice and a ceasefire, but from time to time armed clashes broke out between the parties. During the conflict, more than 30 thousand people died in the region. Azerbaijan considers Nagorno-Karabakh as a territory occupied by Armenia.
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of “large-scale provocation”, shelling of Azerbaijani army positions and announced the beginning of a “swift counteroffensive”. The Armenian authorities, in turn, stated that the Azerbaijani army had launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the conflict, the parties used tanks, heavy artillery and aircraft. Soldiers and civilians were reported killed and wounded.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at 12:00 on October 10. However, after the start of the truce, both parties accused each other of breaking it.
Subsequently, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, reported on several occasions on the taking of settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh under the control of Baku.
On October 25, new agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh with the mediation of the United States. The ceasefire began at 8:00 a.m. local time on October 26, but was broken within the first hour.
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