Moscow-Sana
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the launch of the emergency summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization via video technology to discuss the tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The RIA Novosti news agency quoted Peskov as saying that the meeting began with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the request of Armenia against the backdrop of the escalation of tension on its borders with Azerbaijan.
Earlier today, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed in a statement its deep concern over the sharp deterioration of the situation in some Armenian-Azerbaijani border areas, calling on the parties to refrain from further escalation of the situation, exercise restraint and strictly adhere to the ceasefire, according to the tripartite statements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia that were made. reached last year.
Clashes erupted last night on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and the two sides exchanged accusations against each other over the start of the escalation.
On November 9, 2020, under the auspices of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a ceasefire agreement that ended a conflict between Baku and Yerevan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region that lasted about a month and a half.