The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the violation of the ceasefire in Karabakh
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Russian peacekeepers recorded a violation of the ceasefire regime in two regions of Nagorno-Karabakh, informs TASS with reference to the bulletin of the Russian Defense Ministry on the activities of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the conflict zone.
The ceasefire regime, according to the department, was violated in the Martuni and Shusha regions. No harm done.
“The command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, together with the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides, is conducting an investigation into this fact,” the report says.
Patrols were conducted along three routes in the Mardakert, Martuni and Shusha regions, the Defense Ministry added.
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 Nikol Pashinyan. Hostilities have completely ceased in the conflict zone, and Russian peacekeepers have also been 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 April 18, Pashinyan stated that a peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku is possible if both countries “without ambiguities and pitfalls” recognize each other’s territorial integrity. According to the politician, Armenia recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and expects the same from Baku. On the same day, Aliyev called on the Armenians who live in the Karabakh region to accept Azerbaijani citizenship or move.
On April 23, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan established a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor. After the end of the 44-day war in 2020, this route is under the responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping forces. The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned Baku’s unilateral steps to install a checkpoint.
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