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    Emil Lazarian
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Senator certain Russian peacekeepers’ presence in Karabakh will ensure lasting peace

TASS, Russia
Dec 29 2020
According to the senator, the trilateral agreement reached by Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan "ended the fratricidal war in Nagorno-Karabakh and made it possible to prevent more bloodshed
© Alexander Ryumin/TASS

MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The deployment of Russian peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh will ensure durable peace in the region, Head of the Russian Federation Council (upper house) Defense and Security Committee Viktor Bondarev said in an interview with TASS.

"The presence of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh will ensure peace in the region in the long run. It is not the first time that Russia plays a pivotal role in resolving conflicts between our nearest neighbors. We deeply respect both warring parties and wish them good luck and prosperity, which are impossible during the war," he said.

According to the senator, the trilateral agreement reached by Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan "ended the fratricidal war in Nagorno-Karabakh and made it possible to prevent more bloodshed." "Azerbaijan agreed to a complete ceasefire and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers to the line of contact between the Azerbaijani and Armenian troops. Armenia, for its part, made major concessions along the ‘security belt’ in order to save the lives of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh and maintain control over most of the territory," Bondarev stressed.

"Everyone benefits from the end of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. We hope that it will be a turning point in the course of the long-term standoff and that it will pave the way for lasting peace in the region. I am confident that Russian peacekeepers will fulfill their tasks with honor and dignity," the senator added.

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. The Russian leader said the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides would maintain the positions that they had held and Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region.

Baku and Yerevan have disputed sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh since February 1988, when the region declared secession from the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic. In the armed conflict of 1992-1994, Azerbaijan lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjoining districts.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS