The Armenian government has questions to Russia

The events in Nagorno-Karabakh raised a number of questions from the Armenian public about the Russian military contingent in the region.

According to News.am, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called the presence of Russian peacekeepers a key factor in ensuring the security of Karabakh Armenians.

“But a number of events that have taken place in Nagorno-Karabakh since November 2020, including the events of recent days, have raised questions from the Armenian public about the content and nature of the peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh” , Pashinyan said.

He stressed that it is becoming extremely necessary to adjust the details of the “peacekeeping operation”; in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“And the need was there from the very beginning. But Azerbaijan prevented this by refusing to sign the mandate of the peacekeeping contingent, while Armenia did. We expect that this mandate, signed in a bilateral format, will operate in full,” Nikol Pashinyan said.

He said that for the full implementation of the “peacekeeping mandate” the signatures of Yerevan and Moscow are enough. And he proposed to take measures for the international approval of this mandate or to give “peacekeepers” “a broad international mandate.”

Recall that on Wednesday evening the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan confirmed an offensive operation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, as a result of which the troops were able to take several heights.

According to ” Ministry of Defense” of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Azerbaijani units “used attack drones, as a result of which one soldier was mortally wounded.” Later, eight more were reported injured there.

Prepared by: Nina Petrovich