Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan referred to the terms of deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno Karabakh at the start of the Government sitting.
The Prime Minister noted that the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020 states that peacekeepers are deployed in Nagorno Karabakh for a period of 5 years, with the automatic extension of successive five-year periods.
"This, essentially, means that peacekeepers are stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh indefinitely until all issues related to the rights and security of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh are addressed and all security concerns of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh are resolved. In trilateral statements of November 26, 2021 and October 31, 2022, the President of Azerbaijan himself acknowledged the cornerstone, important contribution of the peacekeepers in ensuring security and stability in the area of their deployment. Moreover, he recognized the need for further efforts of the Russian peacekeepers in the stability of the situation in the region.
After signing the two declarations of Sochi and identifying the abovementioned, developing rhetoric of the withdrawal of peacekeepers without clear international guarantees of ensuring the security and rights of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, is not only a violation of the mentioned trilateral announcements, but also a preparation for the genocide of the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians", Pashinyan said.
