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2020-11-10T10:38:37.685Z


A ceasefire was agreed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. It's the third attempt. This time the heads of government signed the declaration. But there are massive protests.


A ceasefire was agreed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.

It's the third attempt.

This time the heads of government signed the declaration.

But there are massive protests.

  • For the third time,

    an end to the fighting was agreed

    in the embattled Caucasus region of

    Nagorno-Karabakh

    .

  • The heads of government of

    Armenia

    and

    Azerbaijan

    signed such an agreement for the first time.

  • Russian and Turkish peacekeepers are to monitor compliance.

Baku / Yerevan - With the mediation of Russian President

Vladimir Putin

, the heads of government of

Armenia

and

Azerbaijan have

agreed

on a “complete

ceasefire”

, the German Press Agency announced.

It should be the end of the fighting.

This is the third attempt

to pacify the

conflict that has flared up in the Caucasus region of

Nagorno-Karabakh

since September

- previous ones failed.

According to the agency Interfax, the new ceasefire is due to a message from the

Kremlin

in the Russian capital

Moscow

started on Tuesday morning at 1.00 a.m. local time.

Russia is considered to be the protecting power of Armenia.

It is still uncertain whether the renewed ceasefire will continue.

There

were massive protests

among the people of

Nagorno-Karabakh

.

However, this time something is different: The agreement comes from the highest level - The heads of state and government of

Armenia

and

Azerbaijan

have signed the agreement.

For the first time.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Turkish and Russian peace groups in the region

Putin

announced that this was a long-term solution for the region.

The Russian president recently drew attention to himself with the events surrounding the Kremlin critic Navalny.

The end of the fighting between

Armenia

and Azerbaijan is now to be monitored by Russian peace groups - such a proposal has so far been considered controversial.

The intention of a joint peace mission between

Russia

and

Turkey

was also

confirmed to the Interfax agency

by Azerbaijani President

Ilham Aliyev

.

Russia

is deploying around 2000 soldiers for an initial five years - Aliyev did not provide any further information on the number of planned Turkish soldiers.

Ankara initially did not announce any confirmation of the use of Turkish groups.

Turkey has made headlines in recent times with the expansion of its military influence.

The first Russian peacekeeping forces have already started their work, according to the Russian Defense Ministry in

 Moscow

, according to the Interfax agency.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: Russia and Turkey monitor the end of the war

The agreement between

Armenia

and

Azerbaijan

under

Russia

agreed on the following points, among other things, as

Putin announced

according to the German Press Agency:

  • The exchange of prisoners and the return of the remains of killed soldiers on both sides.

  • Refugees should be able to return to their homeland.

    The

    United Nations

    should oversee this

    .

  • Russian border troops are to take over the transport connections between Karabakh and Armenia.

  • According to Putin, Azerbaijan and Armenia are said to have committed to freezing their previous positions.

Contested Nagorno-Karabakh Caucasus region: Armenian people protest against agreement

The agreement sparked spontaneous protests in

Armenia

on the part of the population who opposed them.

Videos circulated on social networks showing demonstrators

occupying

government buildings in the

Armenian capital Yerevan on

Tuesday night

.

Furniture, doors and windows were smashed during the riots - some of the demonstrators had entered the office of Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinyan

.

They complained about significant territorial losses in

Nagorno-Karabakh

.

Pashinyan was called a traitor by the thousands who gathered outside the seat of government.

The German Press Agency goes on to say that there have been reports that demonstrators

wanted to visit

Pashinyan's

residence

.

Other videos showed how the head of parliament was dragged out of his car and beaten by people - to get information about the whereabouts of Paschinyan from him.

The Armenian Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinyan

said on the social network

Facebook

: "The text is painful for me personally and for our people." He went on to say that after careful consideration he had decided to sign it in order to end the conflict - According to the German Press Agency, this is

a capitulation

for observers of the conflict over the

Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh

.

Russian soldiers are already on their way to #Mountain Karabakh.

You should ensure that the ceasefire agreed during the night holds.

The agreement stipulates that the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops will remain in their current locations.

pic.twitter.com/PdAQM2knhI

- ARD Moscow (@ARDMoskau) November 10, 2020

Reactions to Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia's President reportedly learned of the agreement from the media

Araik Arutjunjan

, the leader of the unrecognized Karach Republic, wrote on Facebook: "Taking


into account the

severe situation

that has

arisen

and based on the need to avoid further great human losses and the complete loss of Karabakh, I have given my consent to end the war." On Armenian television it was shown how

Aliyev

and

Putin

signed the documents in parallel.

The Armenian Prime Minister

Nikol Pashinyan

was originally supposed to be there, but initially refused to sign.

Armen Zarkissyan

, Armenia's President, announced that he had learned from the media about the agreed end of the fighting and was surprised.

The

Turkish Foreign Minister

Mevlüt Cavusoglu congratulated

Azerbaijan

on Twitter on Tuesday with the following words: "I congratulate me from the

bottom

of my heart on this joyful success." The ally Azerbaijan achieved an important win in the field and at the negotiating table.

Nagorno-Karabakh: The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been raging since September

A few hours before the agreement between

Armenia

and

Azerbaijan

, a Russian military helicopter was shot down in Armenian territory by Azerbaijan - for which the country

apologized

to

Russia

.

And the

Nagorno-Karabakh

authorities announced

the loss of the strategically important city of

Shusha

.

The conflict over the

Nagorno-Karabakh

region has

flared up again

since September 2020

- since then the fighting between

Armenia

and

Azerbaijan has continued

.

On Monday, the number of people killed in the course of the new conflict on the part of Nagorno-Karabakh was put by authorities at 1221.

The capital of Azerbaijan,

Baku

, does not disclose how many soldiers were killed due to current censorship regulations.

Nagorno-Karabakh

belongs to

Azerbaijan

under international law

-

which claims control - but the population is largely Armenian and the area is

controlled

by

Armenia

.

A fragile ceasefire had existed in the region since 1994.

(aka with dpa)

List of rubric lists: © Dmitri Lovetsky / dpa

Source: merkur

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