Russian president says he was surprised at Armenain premier's stance on Shushi
18.11.2020,
10:30
Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering Tuesday journalists' questions on Russia-24 TV Channel, said he has had a series of telephone conversations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on October 19 and 20.
YEREVAN, November 18. /ARKA/. Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering Tuesday journalists' questions on Russia-24 TV Channel, said he has had a series of telephone conversations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on October 19 and 20.
“The Azerbaijani Armed Forces regained then control over an insignificant part - the southern part of Karabakh,” he said, answering questions from the media on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh on the air of the Russia-24 TV channel on Tuesday.
Putin noted that, in general, he managed to convince Aliyev that it was possible to stop the hostilities, "but a mandatory condition on his part was the return of refugees, including to the city of Shusha."
“But unexpectedly for me, the position of our Armenian partners was formulated in such a way that it is unacceptable for them. And Prime Minister Pashinyan told me directly that he sees this as a threat to the interests of Armenia and Karabakh. Now it is not very clear to me what this threat would have been, bearing in mind that the return of civilians was supposed while maintaining control from the Armenian side over this part of the territory of Karabakh, including Shusha, and bearing in mind the presence of our peacekeepers, about which we agreed already then with Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Russian president said.
About the Second Artsakh War
Since September 27, for 44 days, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the direct participation and support of Turkey, as well as the foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, conducting artillery and rocket attacks, also against civilians and civilian infrastructures. Prohibited types of weapons were also used. The strikes were delivered, inter alia, at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
The Azerbaijani side suffered massive losses in manpower (7,630 killed) and military equipment. During the hostilities, 784 units of various armored vehicles, 4 MLRS "Smerch", "Uragan", 6 TOS units, 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters, and 25 aircraft were destroyed. According to the official data of the Armenian side, during the repulsion of the enemy's aggression, more than 1,200 Armenian servicemen were killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of war crimes in Azerbaijan, 50 civilians were killed and 148 wounded. About 19,000 infrastructure units were damaged.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Putin, Aliyev and Pashinyan, signed a statement according to which all hostilities in the zone of the Karabakh conflict were stopped on November 10. In particular, Azerbaijan and Armenia stop at their positions. A number of regions are returned to Azerbaijan, including the city of Shushi, as well as Aghdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent is deployed along the line of contact in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and surrounding areas. There is an exchange of prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead. -0---
“The Azerbaijani Armed Forces regained then control over an insignificant part - the southern part of Karabakh,” he said, answering questions from the media on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh on the air of the Russia-24 TV channel on Tuesday.
Putin noted that, in general, he managed to convince Aliyev that it was possible to stop the hostilities, "but a mandatory condition on his part was the return of refugees, including to the city of Shusha."
“But unexpectedly for me, the position of our Armenian partners was formulated in such a way that it is unacceptable for them. And Prime Minister Pashinyan told me directly that he sees this as a threat to the interests of Armenia and Karabakh. Now it is not very clear to me what this threat would have been, bearing in mind that the return of civilians was supposed while maintaining control from the Armenian side over this part of the territory of Karabakh, including Shusha, and bearing in mind the presence of our peacekeepers, about which we agreed already then with Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Russian president said.
About the Second Artsakh War
Since September 27, for 44 days, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, with the direct participation and support of Turkey, as well as the foreign mercenaries and terrorists recruited by it, carried out aggression along the entire length of the contact line in Artsakh, conducting artillery and rocket attacks, also against civilians and civilian infrastructures. Prohibited types of weapons were also used. The strikes were delivered, inter alia, at civil and military targets on the territory of Armenia.
The Azerbaijani side suffered massive losses in manpower (7,630 killed) and military equipment. During the hostilities, 784 units of various armored vehicles, 4 MLRS "Smerch", "Uragan", 6 TOS units, 264 UAVs, 16 helicopters, and 25 aircraft were destroyed. According to the official data of the Armenian side, during the repulsion of the enemy's aggression, more than 1,200 Armenian servicemen were killed and several hundred people were wounded. As a result of war crimes in Azerbaijan, 50 civilians were killed and 148 wounded. About 19,000 infrastructure units were damaged.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, Putin, Aliyev and Pashinyan, signed a statement according to which all hostilities in the zone of the Karabakh conflict were stopped on November 10. In particular, Azerbaijan and Armenia stop at their positions. A number of regions are returned to Azerbaijan, including the city of Shushi, as well as Aghdam, Kelbajar and Lachin regions, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia. A Russian peacekeeping contingent is deployed along the line of contact in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and surrounding areas. There is an exchange of prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead. -0---
