Russia warns of "terrorist enclave" in KarabakhNovember 5, 2020 - 20:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Russian Foreign Ministry has obtained information about the transfer of terrorists from the Middle East to Nagorno-Karabakh, as a result of which a new "terrorist enclave" may emerge in the region, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said Thursday, November 5. In the war against Artsakh (Karabakh), Turkey is supporting Azerbaijan militarily, also by transferring terrorist mercenaries from Libya and Syria to fight against Karabakh. Armenia was the first to report on Turkey's deployment of thousands of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan. International media publications followed suit, as did reactions from France, Russia, Iran and Syria. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army has already unveiled footage from the interrogation of two such terrorists captured on the front. "According to our information, members of international terrorist organizations are currently being transferred from the Middle East to the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Zakharov said, describing them as radical jihadists. "All this cannot but cause serious concern, since such developments are fraught with the emergence of a new terrorist enclave, this time in the Transcaucasus, in the future." Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Kommersant on Tuesday that the number of militants involved in Karabakh hostilities is approaching 2,000. Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |