DM Monitoring
MOSCOW: Russia is closely following the situation related to the border incident between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.
“The Russian side renders assistance to Baku and Yerevan in reducing tensions within the framework of regular contacts at the highest and high levels. Operational ties are maintained through the military and border services of our countries,” the ministry said.
According to the ministry, Russia confirms the need for strict adherence to the ceasefire regime, as well as the strict implementation of other provisions of the statements of November 10, 2020 and January 11, 2021 made by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia.
“We presume that all such incidents should be resolved exclusively by peaceful, negotiated means. As a long-term solution, we see the launch of the delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border with its subsequent demarcation. The Russian Federation is ready to continue in every possible way to contribute to the consistent normalization of the situation in the South Caucasus,” added the ministry.
Meanwhile, a protest rally was held in front of the UN Campus in Germany’s Bonn city against Armenia’s refusal to provide Azerbaijan with maps of minefields in liberated territories, Trend reports referring to the State Committee for Work with Diaspora.The rally was initiated by the German-Azerbaijani House of Culture functioning in Cologne city.
According to Altay Rustamov, chairperson of the German-Azerbaijani House of Culture, along with Azerbaijanis, representatives of the Bonn International Center for Conversion took part in the event, organized in compliance with the quarantine requirements.
The protesters informed the German public through posters that the mines planted by the Armenian Armed Forces during the occupation of Azerbaijani territories are a source of threat.
At the end of the rally, an appeal was adopted and transferred to the UN Campus. The authors of the appeal demand that pressure be exerted on the Armenian government in connection with the failure to provide Azerbaijan with the minefield maps.
Following over a month of military action to liberate its territories from Armenian occupation from late Sept. to early Nov. 2020, 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 were introduced on Nov. 10, 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.
