Armenia expects Russian peacekeeping to have Azeris out of Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia expects that the Russian peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno-Karabakh will take concrete steps to ensure the withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from areas they broke into on March 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a Cabinet meeting on Thursday

"We note with regret that despite the clear statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the United States, France and the United Nations, the invasion of Azerbaijani armed forces into the area of responsibility of the peacekeeping force of the Russian Federation in Nagorno-Karabakh continues," Pashinyan said.

The Prime Minister also said that the actions of the peacekeepers during or after the invasion, "or the possible inaction", should be properly investigated. He reminded that that before the latest events, the Azerbaijani armed forces opened fire from mortars on the village of Khramort for 10 days.

In a number of villages in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijanis have been firing on residential houses and people carrying out agricultural work, equipment, tractors, and naturaly, the drivers. Such cases were registered in the direction of Nor Shen, Amaras, Taghavart villages, while on October 9, 2021, the driver of a tractor carrying out agricultural work was killed while driving in Martakert by an Azerbaijani sniper in the presence of peacekeepers.

Azerbaijan has broken into Nagorno-Karabakh, and the incursion has left three Armenian soldiers dead and at least 14 others injured. On March 24, Azerbaijan stormed into the zone of the responsibility of the Russian peacekeepers stationed in the area and is refusing to completely withdraw its forces from strategic heights.