According to Azerbaijan, Russia did nothing to prevent the delivery of supplies sent by Armenia to the Nagorno-Karabakh separatists.
Azerbaijan accuses Russia of neglecting obligations agreed upon as part of the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement in 2020.
– Russia did not ensure the full implementation of the agreement in terms of its own obligations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan says.
According to Azerbaijan, for example, Russia has done nothing to prevent supplies sent by the Armenian armed forces to Armenian separatist positions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
In 2020, Russia brokered a ceasefire in the six-week conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia that left around 6,500 dead.
With the agreement, Armenia lost territories that the country had held for several decades. The separatist Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh declared the region independent from Azerbaijan in the early 1990s.
In addition, Russia sent peacekeepers to the Lachin Corridor, which is the only land link between Karabakh and Armenia.
On Tuesday, Azerbaijan closed the Lachin Corridor, further increasing tensions between the two countries. The closure of the corridor also raised concerns about the emergence of a humanitarian crisis.
The justification for closing the Lachin Corridor was that the Armenian Red Cross had used its medical vehicles for smuggling. The Armenian Red Cross denied the claims.
On Friday, thousands of people demonstrated in Karabakh and demanded that the Lachin Corridor be opened to traffic.
Russia seeks to return as a mediator in place of the EU and the United States
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia urged Azerbaijan to open the traffic in the Lachin Corridor.
On Saturday, the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels and negotiated the decades-long conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The president of the European Council acted as mediator Charles Michel.
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been trying to negotiate a peace agreement with the support of the European Union and the United States. This has irritated Russia, which has traditionally been a major power in the region. Because of the war in Ukraine, Western countries have taken a bigger role in mediating the conflict.
Russia has tried to restore its power and role as a mediator and has offered to host a meeting between the countries’ foreign ministers. Russia has also suggested that the future peace treaty can be signed in Moscow.
Sources: AFP, STT