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Russian president’s press-secretary talks trilateral declaration on Karabakh conflict

17 November 2020 16:54 (UTC+04:00)
Russian president’s press-secretary talks trilateral declaration on Karabakh conflict

By Trend

Press Secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov answered the question of how the Kremlin assesses the first days after the signing of the trilateral declaration to end the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports citing the Russian media.

"It is necessary to appeal to the military experts, but first of all, of course, it is necessary to take into account that guns are not used. This is the main result. People are not killed. This is the most valuable thing that can be."

Following over a month of military action to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan has pushed Armenia to sign the surrender document. A joint statement on the matter was made by the Azerbaijani president, Armenia's PM, and the president of Russia.

A complete ceasefire and a cessation of all hostilities in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is introduced at 00:00 hours (Moscow time) on 10 November 2020.

Armenian Armed Forces launched a large-scale military attack on positions of the Azerbaijani army on the front line, using large-caliber weapons, mortars, and artillery on Sept. 27. Azerbaijan responded with a counter-offensive along the entire front.

Back in July 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire in the direction of Azerbaijan's Tovuz district. As a result of Azerbaijan's retaliation, the opposing forces were silenced. The fighting continued the following days as well. Azerbaijan lost a number of military personnel members, who died fighting off the attacks of the Armenian Armed Forces.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, the Armenian Armed Forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.

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