Russian foreign ministry: situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is stabilizing
27.11.2020,
15:34
The main provisions of a statement signed November 9 by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh are being implemented without serious incidents, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told a press briefing on Friday.
YEREVAN. November 27. /ARKA/. The main provisions of a statement signed November 9 by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan to stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh are being implemented without serious incidents, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova told a press briefing on Friday.
According to her, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues to stabilize, the ceasefire is holding on and no provocations have been observed against the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“These positive tendencies are a weighty proof of the correctness of the line, which was approved by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, and is now being fully implemented by the countries in practice. This attitude prevails also among those of our foreign partners who do not think in terms of geopolitics with zero-sum games,”Zakharova said.
She also noted that the full implementation of November 9 statement remains in the focus of attention of the Russian leadership."
Zakharova said that during this week the Russian peacekeepers continued to facilitate the return of displaced persons to Artsakh, searched for missing servicemen and bodies of dead soldiers.
From September 27 to November 9, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stopped at where they were at that time. The town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin are handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent has been deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are being exchanged.--0-
According to her, the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues to stabilize, the ceasefire is holding on and no provocations have been observed against the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh.
“These positive tendencies are a weighty proof of the correctness of the line, which was approved by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, and is now being fully implemented by the countries in practice. This attitude prevails also among those of our foreign partners who do not think in terms of geopolitics with zero-sum games,”Zakharova said.
She also noted that the full implementation of November 9 statement remains in the focus of attention of the Russian leadership."
Zakharova said that during this week the Russian peacekeepers continued to facilitate the return of displaced persons to Artsakh, searched for missing servicemen and bodies of dead soldiers.
From September 27 to November 9, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stopped at where they were at that time. The town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin are handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent has been deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are being exchanged.--0-
