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Azerbaijan is ready to go to a truce on the condition that Armenia cease fire in Karabakh
Following talks in Washington about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia declared its readiness to bring peacekeepers to the region. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated this at an Internet conference at the Atlantic Council in Washington, RBC reports.
“There were very productive meetings in the morning. We will continue to work together to find a way through which we can achieve very specific and very important goals,” Mnatsakanyan said.
According to him, we are talking about a ceasefire in the region, a return to the peaceful resolution of conflicts, as well as the introduction of peacekeepers.
The “peacekeepers on the ground” is the way we need to consolidate the ceasefire, to address any sustainability risks of the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh. This has been part of the case for a long time, in relation to the way we seek a peaceful settlement. And now this is also part of the case, “TASS quotes Mnatsakanyan as saying.
According to the news agency, he believes that the United States’ efforts to resolve the conflict in Karabakh are largely consolidated by the joint efforts of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group, France and Russia.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in an interview published by Le Figaro newspaper on Saturday, October 24, stated that his country is ready to immediately cease hostilities, provided that the Armenian side ceases fire.
“We are ready to stop actions even today. I already said that during the talks in Moscow on October 10. To achieve this, it will be enough for Armenia to cease fire. It is after this that the time will come for diplomats to act,” he said. the Azerbaijani leader.
We will remember, earlier on October 23, pUS resident Donald Trump said he is involved in negotiations related to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
On October 10, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, in consultations in Moscow, with the mediation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reached an agreement on an armistice between their countries in Nagorno-Karabakh. However, hostilities still continue here.
As you know, the escalation in the region started on September 27, when the Azerbaijani side fired at the settlements and military units in Karabakh. Then the motorized tank and rifle units of the Azerbaijani army launched an offensive in the north, south and southeast directions. The Armenian government has declared martial law in the country.
The enclave is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but has been ruled by ethnic Armenians since the 1988-1994 war between the two former Soviet republics.
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