Russia on Saturday accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire agreement with Armenia, signed after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, by bringing troops into the area under the control of Russian forces. of peacekeeping.
“Between March 24 and 25, the armed forces of Azerbaijan violated the trilateral agreement of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, entering the area under the responsibility of the Russian peacekeeping contingent. peace in Nagorny-Karabakh”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, the Azerbaijani forces set up an observation post and carried out “four strikes with Bayraktar-type drones” on Karabakh forces near the locality of Farukh.
The November 9, 2020 agreement signed by Vladimir Putin and the leaders of Armenia, Nikol Pashinian, and Azerbaijani, Ilham Aliev, had ended a violent six-week conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a pro-Armenian territory with self-declared independence. Azerbaijani forces had by then made great territorial gains. On Friday, the Armenian authorities in Karabakh said that two soldiers had been killed by Azerbaijani forces.