Lavrov discussed with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan the work of UN structures in Karabakh
Foreign Ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan Sergei Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov discussed the need to involve international organizations in the humanitarian process in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the parties reaffirmed the need for active participation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Development Program, UNESCO and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that a similar conversation between Mr. Lavrov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan took place.
The conversation between the foreign ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan took place at the initiative of the Azerbaijani side. The initiator of the conversation between the foreign ministers of Russia and Armenia was not specified. Mr. Lavrov to the ministers on the directions of work under the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin “On the creation of an interdepartmental center for humanitarian response” dated 23 November.
“Special attention was paid to coordinating the practical steps of the parties to the said statement in the context of the deployment of the peacekeeping contingent of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the organization of its work“ on the ground, ”” the Russian Foreign Ministry said about the conversation with Mr. Bayramov. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that units of the border service of the FSB, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and other Russian federal bodies would work as part of the humanitarian center.
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated in September 2020. On November 9, the opposing sides, with the assistance of Russia, signed an agreement to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. It involves the transfer to Azerbaijan of a significant part of the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions, as well as the creation of a road between the main territory of Azerbaijan and its exclave in western Armenia. On the eve, Azerbaijan announced the exchange of bodies of servicemen.
For more details on the peacekeeping operation, see the publication of Kommersant “Peacekeepers – It Sounds Long”.
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