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Russian peacekeepers in Georgia were used to unleash a war in 2008, noted former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, commenting on the entry of Russian troops into Nagorno-Karabakh.
The appearance of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, as agreed by the parties to the conflict with the mediation of Moscow, is dangerous for the region. This opinion was expressed on November 11 by former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on the Echo of Moscow radio station.
“What is happening now, that Russian peacekeepers are entering, is, of course, a long-term mine that was planted in the region … The mine that was planted may still explode. We know this from the history of Georgia. -x when [на тот момент президент Грузии Эдуард] Shevardnadze invited the Russian peacekeepers. And they were just used as the main reason for triggering an attack on Georgia in 2008, “he said.
The politician pointed out that we are talking about “a large mine that was planted there.”
On September 27, 2020, the biggest conflict in recent years broke out in Nagorno-Karabakh. 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. 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 12:00 on October 10… 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 the Azerbaijani troops were on the outskirts of Stepanakert, the capital of Karabakh.
On the night of November 10, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration to end the war in Karabakh. Under 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 that there was no alternative. Aliyev stressed that Pashinyan was “forced” to sign a document “extremely beneficial” for Baku.
August 8-12, 2008 between Russia and Georgia there was an armed conflict… Russian troops, together with the South Ossetian formations, drove Georgian troops out of South Ossetia, which is officially part of Georgia, temporarily occupying various regions of Georgia adjacent to the conflict zone. Later, Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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