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According to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Yerevan had no alternative but to sign a declaration to end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he signed a declaration to end the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh under pressure from the army. Said this during a live feed on Facebook, Russian quotes are quoted by “Interfax”.
According to Pashinyan, the Armenian army declared the need to take such a step over a “long” period of time.
“The Army said that it was necessary to stop, there are certain problems, for whose solution there are no prospects, or the resources for their solution are exhausted and we have problems,” he said.
Pashinyan admitted that the agreement is not beneficial for Armenia. However, the refusal to sign the document would have a negative impact on the defense capacity of the country, he said, noting that “there was no alternative to signing the agreement. ”
On the night of November 9-10, Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration to end the war in Karabakh. The document, among other things, foresees the introduction of Russian peacekeepers into the territory of Karabakh and the obligation of Yerevan to return to Azerbaijan the regions of Kelbajar and Lachin located in the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
The Prime Minister of Armenia said that this decision was extremely difficult for him. The President of Azerbaijan stressed that Pashinyan was “forced” to sign a document beneficial to Baku.
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 injured.
Martial law was introduced both in Armenia and in certain regions of Azerbaijan. Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.
Agreements on an armistice were reached in Nagorno-Karabakh on several occasions, but each time they were violated. On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh from 12 noon on 10 October… However, after the start of the truce, both parties they accused each other of raping him.
On November 9, the representative of the “authorities” of Nagorno-Karabakh, Vahram Poghosyan, said that the army of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh no longer controls the key city of Shusha, and Azerbaijani troops are located on the outskirts of Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh.
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