Aliyev: Russian peacekeeping mission in Karabakh will end in 2025January 11, 2023 - 12:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said that the Russia peacekeeping contingent deployed in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) will leave the region in 2025 – five years after it was first deployed in 2020. Under a trilateral statement signed by the leaders of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan to end the 2020 war in Karabakh, the Russian peacekeeping contingent was deployed for a period of 5 years. If one of the parties announces its intention to complete the mission six months before the end of this period, it will not be extended. Almost a month after Azerbaijan’s closure of the Lachin Corridor connecting Karabakh to Armenia, Aliyev said on Tuesday, January 10 that he was "ready to provide those living in Karabakh with all the conditions and rights that are granted to the citizens of Azerbaijan." “For those who want to live there under the flag of Azerbaijan, all conditions, rights and security will be created for them as citizens of Azerbaijan. And if someone does not want to become a citizen of Azerbaijan, the Lachin corridor is open, they can leave, no one will prevent that,” Aliyev said. Aliyev maintained that the year 2023 is the last chance for Armenia to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. “I just want to say that, in my opinion, this is the last opportunity, because then 2024 will come, and in 2025 the mission of Russian peacekeepers will end. They (Armenians) should look a little further than the tip of the nose,” he added. Photo. Ria Novosti Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. 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. Partner news | Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements. |