The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that on August 3, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan announced the conduct of the “Retribution” operation in Nagorno-Karabakh in response to the murder of a military man. Baku demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Armenian troops from Karabakh. Nikol Pashinyan stated the need to clarify the functions of the Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh.
The escalation took place amid the construction of an alternative road to the Lachin corridor, which was created according to the trilateral agreement signed by Vladimir Putin, Ilham Aliev, and Nikol Pashinyan. The Nagorno-Karabakh authorities informed residents of the communities of Akhavno, Sous, and Berdzor that they were to leave their houses by August 25, since the Lachin corridor would be handed over to Azerbaijan. Today, Baku has reported that the construction of the road along the new route of the Lachin corridor has been completed.
The “Caucasian Knot” has reported that the wording of the trilateral agreement makes it possible to interpret it in a broad way. Azerbaijan, having built a section of the road bypassing the Lachin corridor, did not violate the terms of the agreement on Karabakh, and if the route of the Lachin corridor is changed, it will remain under the protection of the Russian peacekeepers, economist and geographer Alexei Gunya emphasizes.
This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on at 03:01 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.
See earlier reports:
Azerbaijan announces completion of road bypassing Lachin, Wording of agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh gives rise to conflict escalation, Demand to resettle outrages Akhavno villagers.
Source: Caucasian Knot
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