Russian President, who is celebrating his 71st birthday, has already held many conversations with foreign leaders
Oct 7, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation in and around
Nagorno-Karabakh with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Armenian
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in phone conversations, the Kremlin press
service said.
Putin, who is celebrating his 71st birthday today, has already held many conversations with foreign leaders.
"The phone talks touched on the pertinent issues of the bilateral
agenda as well as regional topics. For instance, the development of the
situation around Karabakh was discussed with Ilham Aliyev and Nikol
Pashinyan," the press service said.
On September 19, tensions flared up again in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku
announced it was launching what it described as "local anti-terrorist
measures" and demanded the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the region.
Yerevan, in turn, said there were no Armenian forces in Karabakh, calling what
was happening "an act of large-scale aggression." The Russian Foreign
Ministry called upon the parties to the conflict to stop the bloodshed, end
hostilities, prevent civilian casualties, and go back to trying to settle the
Karabakh issue diplomatically. On September 20, the Azerbaijani Defense
Ministry said that an agreement was reached with the participation of the
Russian peacekeeping contingent to suspend anti-terrorist measures in Karabakh.
On September 21, in the Azerbaijani town of Yevlakh, an initial meeting was
held between representatives of Azerbaijan and Karabakh’s Armenian residents in
order "to discuss the issues of reintegration."
On September 28, Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic (NKR) signed a decree dissolving the unrecognized state effective
January 1, 2024. The local ethnic Armenian population has been advised to
consider the reintegration proposals being put forward by Baku and decide for
themselves whether to remain or to relocate.
Kremlin
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