The situation in the peacekeeping operation zone is calm.
MOSCOW, December 10.
/TASS/. The ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh is being observed fully, with no
violations or provocations reported during the past day, Dmitry Perepelkin, a
deputy chief of the Russian peacekeeping contingent’s reconciliation center,
said on Thursday.
"The
peacekeeping contingent is exercising control, under its mandate, of the
implementation of the agreements on the cessation of fire and hostilities along
the contact line in Nagorno-Karabakh. The situation in the peacekeeping
operation zone is calm. Neither ceasefire violations nor provocations were
reported," he said.
According to
Perepelkin, Russian peacekeepers are controlling the ceasefire at 23
observation posts and conduct patrol missions along the contact line and in the
Lachinsky corridor. They also ensure safe movements of civilian population and
escort refugees returning to the homes in Nagorno-Karabakh. Apart from that,
Russian servicemen conduct humanitarian operations and help restore civil
infrastructure facilities.
By today, more than
36,000 people have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh. Public transport, government,
medical and educational establishments have resumed operation. The electricity
supply system has been restored to 85% thanks to Russian peacekeepers. The gas
supplies system has been fully restored.
The second military
hospital has been organized in the settlement of Mardakert. Russian
peacekeepers jointly with employees of the International Committee of the Red
Cross have organized exchange of the bodies of those killed between the
Armenian and Azerbaijani sides.
Renewed clashes
between Azerbaijan and Armenia erupted on September 27, with intense battles
raging in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The area experienced
flare-ups of violence in the summer of 2014, in April 2016 and this past July.
On November 9,
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint statement on a complete
ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting from November 10. Under the document,
the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides stopped at the positions that they had held
and Russian peacekeepers were deployed to the region. The Russian peacekeeping
contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh basically comprises units of the 15th separate
motor rifle (peacekeeping) brigade of the Central Military District.
The Russian
peacekeepers have set up observation posts along the engagement line in
Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachinsky corridor that connects Armenia with
the enclave to exercise control of the ceasefire observance. The peacekeeping
mission’s command is stationed in Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh. The
situation in the area is monitored round-the-clock.
Source: ITAR-TASS
10-12-2020
