Following the new outbreak of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian Prime Minister spoke on the morning of Thursday, August 4, and Nikol Pashinian called on the Russian peacekeepers deployed in this disputed enclave to act.
With our correspondent in Moscow, Anissa El Jabri
Nikol Pashinian is now appealing to Russia, and in a very direct way: “ There is a line of contact where peacekeepers are deployed, and this territory is under their responsibility. The Russian agency Interfax underlines it: for the Armenian Prime Minister, these soldiers are a key factor in the security of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh “, but “ the series of events that have taken place since November 2020 [Nikol Pachinian parle de la guerre et des incidents qui ont suivi, NDLR] raises questions in Armenian society regarding the content and essence of the peacekeeping mission “.
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The Prime Minister therefore calls for a clarification of the peacekeeping operation. Through the voice of its spokesperson, the Kremlin said to itself on Thursday ” concerned about the deteriorating situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and called on the parties to “frestraint proof area “. Dimitri Peskov who ” does not exclude » That the subject be discussed on Friday August 5 between Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The two leaders meet again at the Russian President’s summer residence.
On Wednesday, the president of the self-proclaimed republic of Karabakh decreed a partial mobilization of the men of the enclave.