Yerevan proposes to deploy Russian military along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani border
Despite the agreement reached on the cessation of hostilities led by Baku and Yerevan over Karabakh, the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remains tense. Based on this, the acting. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appealed to the CSTO to set up observation posts along the border line.
According to the agency TASS, such a proposal sounded from his lips at a meeting of the Armenian government.
In addition, Yerevan proposes to deploy Russian military border guards along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
The parties to the conflict regularly accuse each other of ceasefire violations. Agency RIA News, referring to the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, reported that today at about three o'clock in the morning in the area of the village of Zayilik in the Kelbajar region, the Armenian military fired at Azerbaijani positions from a rifle weapons and grenade launchers. In addition, according to Baku, they threw 10 to 12 F-1 hand grenades towards the Azerbaijanis.
For several decades, the conflict between Yerevan and Baku has been smoldering, periodically flaring up, over Nagorno-Karabakh, which each side considers its territory. Now there is a truce between them, the guarantor of which is Russia. The hot phase of the conflict broke out in September last year. The hostilities lasted until November 10, 2020. After that, about 2000 Russian peacekeepers were brought into the region.
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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