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
: "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)
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