Lavrov said there will be no Turkish peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh / GORDON



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The mobility borders of Turkey’s observers will be limited by the Russian-Turkish ceasefire control center in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is located in Azerbaijan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this.

There will be no Turkish peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with journalists. TASS reports.

He stressed that this was “clearly stated” in the trilateral declaration of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation on the cessation of hostilities in Karabakh.

According to Lavrov, the mobility borders of Turkey’s observers will be limited by the Russian-Turkish ceasefire control center in Nagorno-Karabakh, which is located in Azerbaijan.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs assures that all parties are interested in the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh. He noted that at the moment Russia sees no attempts to thwart the agreements reached.

Lavrov added that representatives from the United States and France will come to Moscow to discuss the situation in Karabakh, and to discuss assistance to the organization in Nagorno-Karabakh – head of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

About the Turkish peacekeepers in the region said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. According to him, the peacekeeping mission will be jointly led by Russia and Turkey.

Russian President Dmitry Peskov’s press secretary also said that the agreements reached to resolve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh do not foresee the appearance of Turkish peacekeepers there.

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.

September 27, 2020 in Nagorno-Karabakh the biggest conflict in recent years broke out… The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenia of a “large-scale provocation”, shelling of the 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. Deaths and injuries reported military personnel and civilians.

Martial law was introduced as in armeniaY in certain regions of Azerbaijan… Both countries involved in the conflict announced mobilization.

Agreements were reached several times on truce in Nagorno-Karabakhbut each time they were raped. On October 9, during the negotiations in Moscow, the representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh from 12:00 on October 10… However, after the start of the truce, both parties they accused each other of raping him.

Representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh “authorities” Vahram Poghosyan November 9 reported that the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic no longer controls the key city of Shusha, and the Azerbaijani troops were on the outskirts of Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh.

On the evening of November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed declaration to end the war in Karabakh… According to the agreements, 1,960 Russian peacekeepers, 90 armored personnel carriers, 380 military and special vehicles will be deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Prime Minister of Armenia said that this decision was extremely difficult for him. but there is no alternative… Aliyev emphasized that Pashinyan was “forced” to sign a “more beneficial” document for Baku. Following the signing of agreements on the solution of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, representatives of the Armenian opposition demanded Pashinyan’s resignation.

On the morning of November 10, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation sent Nagorno-Karabakh 10 Il-76 military transport aircraft with the peacekeepers. Today November 11 at Erebuni airport the plane with the command of the Russian peacekeepers has landed.



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