Pashinyan called the loss of Shushi a turning point in the conflict in Karabakh
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The loss of control over the city of Shusha in the fall of 2020 was a turning point in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, writes Armenpress agency.
The control over Shusha had not only a symbolic meaning, but also a strategic one, the prime minister believes. According to him, the loss of the city actually attacked Stepanakert (under the control of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), this increased pressure on Martuni, and also about 25,000 Armenian soldiers were under threat of encirclement.
The situation around Nagorno-Karabakh escalated in September 2020, when hostilities began in the region between the military of Armenia and Azerbaijan. As a result, a tripartite statement was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan. Hostilities ceased in the conflict zone, and Russian peacekeepers were deployed along the line of contact and in the Lachin corridor.
In 2022, the situation escalated again, and the State Border Service of Azerbaijan installed a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, on the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.
On May 25 of this year, Pashinyan and Aliyev, mediated by Putin, discussed the relations between the two countries in the Kremlin, but in the end did not adopt a joint statement at the end of the day. Aliyev at the same time thanked President of Russia for Moscow’s efforts in normalizing relations between Baku and Yerevan. According to Aliyev, after Armenia’s statements on the recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the issue of agreeing on the points of the peace treaty will go “much easier.”
A week before, on May 17, Pashinyan informedthat, following a meeting mediated by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels on May 14, Armenia recognized 86,600 sq. km of the territory of Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan – 29,800 sq. km of the territory of Armenia.
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