Pashinyan, Putin discuss Karabakh issue
YEREVAN, August 2. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed on Tuesday by telephone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the implementation of agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the Kremlin press service.
It said they discussed certain practical aspects of the implementation of the trilateral statements made by the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh on November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021.
On September 27, 2020, 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.
After 44 days of the war, on November 9, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities. According to the document, the town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin were handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. -0-
