Russian peacekeepers ensure safe restoration of cell tower in Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - The servicemen of the Russian peacekeeping contingent have ensured the safe restoration of a cell tower providing about 5 thousand residents of remote regions of Nagorno-Karabakh with mobile communications and high-speed Internet, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday, September 4.

In particular, engineers repaired and restored the antenna and replaced the relay equipment in Martakert, close to the new contact line.

"Our task today is to ensure the safety of work on the cell tower, which is located near the demarcation line. The company's management has asked the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh to ensure the safety of the work," said Alexander Zaitsev, a spokesperson for the peacekeeping contingent.

In certain remote areas of Karabakh, work is underway to equip cell towers with modern solar panels to ensure uninterrupted mobile communications and high-speed Internet.

The Russian peacekeepers were deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh immediately after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev signed a statement to end the war in Karabakh after almost 45 days on November 9, 2020. Under the deal, the Armenian side returned all the seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, having lost a part of Karabakh itself in hostilities.