The Kremlin today welcomed the “very positive” announcement by Armenia and Azerbaijan that preparations are under way for peace talks to de-escalate bilateral tensions over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
“It is very, very positive. We welcome it,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov.
“It is clear that this process will take time,” he added, describing as “positive” the intention of the two countries to “proceed” to the signing of a peace agreement.
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced today their decision to begin preparations for peace talks following the 2020 war for control of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The announcement came as tensions around the enclave, an area that both countries have been claiming for more than three decades, have escalated in recent days.
In 2020, the Azerbaijani army ousted Armenian forces from vast areas they had controlled since 1990 in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, before a Russian-mediated ceasefire was agreed. More than 6,500 people were killed during the clashes.
Armenia said last month that it expects Moscow to take action to get Azerbaijan to withdraw troops from Nagorno-Karabakh’s areas monitored by a Russian peacekeeping force. Azerbaijan claims that these areas are part of its territory.
Nagorno-Karabakh, a predominantly Armenian mountainous region, seceded from Azerbaijan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the outbreak of the first war in the 1990s, which killed 30,000 people and left hundreds of thousands dead.
Source: Capital
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