Moscow advocated for signing a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the decision of the Karabakh disaster.
As for the work of the Russian peacekeeping contingent within the Karabakh area, this query will probably be mentioned with the Azerbaijani authorities, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed a news convention in Moscow on Friday.
“So far, hardly anybody will reply this query, since now we’re speaking a couple of mission that’s situated on the territory of Azerbaijan. This would be the topic of our dialogue with the Azerbaijani aspect,” he mentioned.
An unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh statelet will stop to exist by subsequent Jan. 1, in keeping with a decree signed on Thursday by its titular head, Samvel Shahramanyan.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian army occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan and 7 adjoining areas.
The so-called “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic” was proclaimed in 1991, but it surely was not acknowledged by any UN member state.
In the autumn of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages, and settlements in Karabakh from Armenian occupation throughout 44 days of clashes. The warfare ended with a Russia-brokered cease-fire.
Last week, within the wake of provocations by Armenian forces in Karabakh, Azerbaijan mentioned it had launched “counter-terrorism” actions to uphold the trilateral peace pact. After 24 hours, a cease-fire was reached, with Azerbaijan extensively seen because the victor.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan are set to fulfill on Oct. 5 within the Spanish metropolis of Granada to debate the signing of a peace treaty between the 2 nations.
Source: www.dailysabah.com