14 November 2020, 08:26
Putin counts victims of Karabakh conflict
As a result of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, over 4000 people perished; about 8000 were wounded, tens of thousands became refugees, Vladimir Putin has stated.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Russian peacemakers, following the concluded tripartite agreement on ceasefire in the conflict zone, have taken control over the Lachin corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia, by setting up temporary posts there. On November 12, the peacemaking battalion of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) took control of Stepanakert; 10 observation posts were set up along the contact line.
On November 10, an agreement between Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia on the cessation of the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh came into force. According to the agreement, Azerbaijan takes over the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh captured during the hostilities and gets the so-called "Security Belt", that is, returns the territories of five districts adjacent to Karabakh.
On November 13, at a meeting with heads of Russian power agencies and Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, President Vladimir Putin stated that during this autumn conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, over 4000 people perished, and over 8000 were wounded. He added that the number of refugees is in tens of thousands. "Serious humanitarian problems have arisen in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Civil infrastructure and many cultural sites have been destroyed," the "Russia Today" quotes Mr Putin as saying.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on November 13, 2020 at 09:11 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
