By TOC On Nov 10, 2020
MOSCOW, (BM) – The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement ending the war in Nagorno-Karabakh a month after its new outbreak, which returned to Baku much of the remaining Armenian-controlled territories since 1994, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Dnevnik.bg.
Read more: BulgarianMilitary.com 24/7 – All about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
This is not the final solution to the conflict, which claimed 30,000 lives at the end of the last century and an unknown number in the last month. However, with it, Armenia, which has suffered heavy losses from Azerbaijan in recent weeks, is making radical concessions that have also led to a storming of parliament and protests in Yerevan.
“I signed statements with the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan to end the Karabakh war as of 01:00 [23:00 EET time]. The text of the already published statement is inexpressibly painful for me personally and for our people. this decision is the result of an in-depth analysis of the military situation and the assessment of people who are familiar with it in the best possible way,” Pashinyan said. “This is not a victory, but it is not a defeat if we do not admit ourselves as losers. We will never admit that we lost,” the prime minister wrote on Facebook.
“What will you say now, Pashinyan? Karabakh is ours!” said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. As a result of the agreement, which was also confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow has already sent nearly 2,000 peacekeepers and 470 units of military equipment to Nagorno-Karabakh.
What else does the agreement include?
Armenia and Azerbaijan stop fighting in the positions occupied in the last month.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, ruled by ethnic Armenians and unrecognized by no one, will not cease to exist, but it is not specified with what legitimacy. According to Aliyev, Baku offered the possibility of autonomy, but the other side insisted on independence.
The territories conquered by Azerbaijan this year will no longer enter the territory of the NKR. Among them is the strategically and symbolically important in historical and cultural terms for both countries city Shushi / Shusha (in Armenian and Azeri), captured a few days ago.
Stepanakert remains under Armenian control and will be connected to Armenia through the Lachin Corridor, leading from Nagorno-Karabakh, through Azerbaijan to Armenian territory.
Armenia liberates and returns to Azerbaijan all territories that are not part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region during the Soviet era, conquered in the 90s of the last century. Armenian forces controlled vast areas around the enclave, and Azerbaijan considered one-fifth of its territory occupied.
Russian forces (1960 troops, 90 armored personnel carriers and 380 units of vehicles and special equipment) are sent to the line of contact and along the corridor between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia (much of which was captured by Azerbaijan), connecting Armenia and Stepanakert. They remain in Nagorno-Karabakh for five years. The deadline will be extended automatically if Baku and Yerevan “do not mind”, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
However, Turkey will also take part in the peacekeeping effort. The Peacekeeping Center will include teams from Ankara as Azerbaijan’s main ally. Putin said last week that he wanted Turkey to be part of the peace process without going into details.
Azerbaijani refugees will be able to return to Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani minority left the territory in the 1990s. The process will involve the UN.
Protests
The news was met with sharp discontent in Armenia. Residents of Yerevan, protesting against the cessation of hostilities in Karabakh, broke into the building of the Armenian government, TASS reported. World agencies showed similar footage from the Armenian parliament. The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament was beaten.
Aggressive protesters break down the doors of the offices in the building. Hundreds of people gathered in Republic Square in central Yerevan, where the government building is located. The police did not use force against the protesters and tried to calm them down.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27, active clashes are taking place in the disputed territory. Martial law was introduced in Azerbaijan and Armenia, and mobilization was announced. Both sides reported killed and wounded, including civilians. In Baku, they announced the control of several Karabakh villages and strategic heights. Yerevan also reports about the shelling of the territory of Armenia.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh since February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan SSR.
During the armed conflict in 1992-1994, the Azerbaijani side lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven areas adjacent to it. Since 1992, negotiations have been conducted within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group on a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is led by co-chairs – Russia, USA and France.
In 1994, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, through the mediation of Russia, signed the Bishkek Armistice Protocol. At the same time, military operations did not stop there, which periodically renewed. The most significant exacerbation of the conflict was the four-day war of 2016. Then hundreds of soldiers on both sides became victims.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan last year, called for a rhetoric that would go against the fundamental principles endorsed by both sides and enshrined in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act when resolving the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh. At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry admitted that much more needs to be done to achieve a long-term political settlement.
Armenia liberates and returns to Azerbaijan all territories that are not part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region during the Soviet era, conquered in the 90s of the last century. Armenian forces controlled vast areas around the enclave, and Azerbaijan considered one-fifth of its territory occupied.
Russian forces (1960 troops, 90 armored personnel carriers and 380 units of vehicles and special equipment) are sent to the line of contact and along the corridor between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia (much of which was captured by Azerbaijan), connecting Armenia and Stepanakert. They remain in Nagorno-Karabakh for five years. The deadline will be extended automatically if Baku and Yerevan “do not mind”, said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
However, Turkey will also take part in the peacekeeping effort. The Peacekeeping Center will include teams from Ankara as Azerbaijan’s main ally. Putin said last week that he wanted Turkey to be part of the peace process without going into details.
Azerbaijani refugees will be able to return to Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani minority left the territory in the 1990s. The process will involve the UN.
Protests
The news was met with sharp discontent in Armenia. Residents of Yerevan, protesting against the cessation of hostilities in Karabakh, broke into the building of the Armenian government, TASS reported. World agencies showed similar footage from the Armenian parliament. The Speaker of the Armenian Parliament was beaten.
Aggressive protesters break down the doors of the offices in the building. Hundreds of people gathered in Republic Square in central Yerevan, where the government building is located. The police did not use force against the protesters and tried to calm them down.
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh escalated on September 27, active clashes are taking place in the disputed territory. Martial law was introduced in Azerbaijan and Armenia, and mobilization was announced. Both sides reported killed and wounded, including civilians. In Baku, they announced the control of several Karabakh villages and strategic heights. Yerevan also reports about the shelling of the territory of Armenia.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh since February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region announced its withdrawal from the Azerbaijan SSR.
During the armed conflict in 1992-1994, the Azerbaijani side lost control of Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven areas adjacent to it. Since 1992, negotiations have been conducted within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group on a peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is led by co-chairs – Russia, USA and France.
In 1994, Azerbaijan, Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, through the mediation of Russia, signed the Bishkek Armistice Protocol. At the same time, military operations did not stop there, which periodically renewed. The most significant exacerbation of the conflict was the four-day war of 2016. Then hundreds of soldiers on both sides became victims.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a meeting with the President of Azerbaijan last year, called for a rhetoric that would go against the fundamental principles endorsed by both sides and enshrined in the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act when resolving the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh. At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry admitted that much more needs to be done to achieve a long-term political settlement.
Anger Erupts in Armenia as Country Signs “Painful” Deal with Azerbaijan
By Tasos Kokkinidis
-Nov 9, 2020
By Tasos Kokkinidis
-Nov 9, 2020
This was the scene in Yerevan after news of the agreement
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in a deal Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described as “unspeakably painful” in an emotional Facebook post.
Under the deal, Azerbaijan will hold on to areas of Nagorno-Karabakh that it has taken during the conflict. Armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other adjacent areas over the next few weeks.
During a televised online address, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to patrol frontlines. The country’s defense ministry confirmed that 1,960 personnel would be involved, state news agency Tass reports.
Turkey will also take part in the peacekeeping process, according to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, who joined President Putin during the address.
Anger in Yerevan
Describing the decision as “unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people”, Pashinyan said the agreement followed “an in-depth analysis of the military situation” that has seen Azeri forces closing in on Stepanakert, the region’s main city.
He said the agreement was “the best possible solution to the current situation”.
The Armenian leader in Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, said he gave his agreement “to end the war as soon as possible”.
In the Armenian capital Yerevan, a large crowd has gathered to protest against the agreement. They broke into parliament and government buildings, shouting “We will not give it up.”
Unrest, Political Crisis Hit Armenia Over Nagorno-Karabakh Losses
November 10, 2020
By RFE/RL's Armenian Service
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Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Russia-Brokered End To Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The agreement would see Azerbaijan keep territory in Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas captured during the conflict. It also calls for Armenian forces to hand over some areas they held outside the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but the ethnic Armenians who make up most of the population reject Azerbaijani rule.
They have been governing their own affairs, with support from Armenia, since Azerbaijan's troops were pushed out of the region in a war that ended in a cease-fire in 1994.
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to end six weeks of fierce fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in a deal Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described as “unspeakably painful” in an emotional Facebook post.
Under the deal, Azerbaijan will hold on to areas of Nagorno-Karabakh that it has taken during the conflict. Armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other adjacent areas over the next few weeks.
During a televised online address, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to patrol frontlines. The country’s defense ministry confirmed that 1,960 personnel would be involved, state news agency Tass reports.
Turkey will also take part in the peacekeeping process, according to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, who joined President Putin during the address.
Anger in Yerevan
Describing the decision as “unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people”, Pashinyan said the agreement followed “an in-depth analysis of the military situation” that has seen Azeri forces closing in on Stepanakert, the region’s main city.
He said the agreement was “the best possible solution to the current situation”.
The Armenian leader in Nagorno-Karabakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, said he gave his agreement “to end the war as soon as possible”.
In the Armenian capital Yerevan, a large crowd has gathered to protest against the agreement. They broke into parliament and government buildings, shouting “We will not give it up.”
Unrest, Political Crisis Hit Armenia Over Nagorno-Karabakh LossesNovember 10, 2020
By RFE/RL's Armenian Service
Protesters storm the parliamentary assembly in Yerevan on November 10 after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said he had signed an agreement with the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenia was plunged into political crisis after opposition groups called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign and a night of unrest over a Russian-brokered agreement with Azerbaijan to end fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh left the fate of the deal uncertain.
In chaotic scenes in the capital, hundreds of opposition supporters in the early hours of November 10 stormed the government headquarters in Yerevan and parliament, ransacking offices and smashing windows in an outburst of anger.
Parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan was injured in a mob attack and hospitalized, drawing a sharp rebuke from the government.
Earlier, thousands of angry demonstrators gathered in central Yerevan after Pashinian announced he had signed a Russian-brokered agreement to end six weeks of hostilities with Azerbaijan over the ethnic Armenian separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The backlash over the agreement came after 17 opposition parties issued a joint statement on November 9 calling for Pashinian’s resignation amid a series of military defeats suffered by Armenia-backed ethnic Armenian forces in the enclave fighting against Azerbaijan.
Among the parties that signed the statement were the main parliamentary opposition party, Prosperous Armenia, led by tycoon Gagik Tsarukian, the former ruling Republican Party of former President Serzh Sarkisian, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun).
In his comments following the night of chaos, Pashinian implied that corruption in previous governments was also to blame for the current situation.
"We must prepare for revenge. We haven’t dealt properly with the corrupt, oligarchic scoundrels, those who robbed this country, stole soldiers’ food, stole soldiers' weapons," said Pashinian, a reformist pressing an anti-corruption campaign who came to power in 2018 in the wake of mass popular protests.
"I call on citizens with dignity to be ready for us going after the rioters and their bosses, after the corrupt part of Dashnaktsutyun, after the robbers from the Republican Party, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the deserters from the Hayrenik party who left their combat positions and fled, and must be tried for desertion," he charged.
The trilateral agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia to end fighting comes as Azerbaijani forces have made major battlefield gains in the six-week flare up of the decades-long conflict.
Armenia was plunged into political crisis after opposition groups called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign and a night of unrest over a Russian-brokered agreement with Azerbaijan to end fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh left the fate of the deal uncertain.
In chaotic scenes in the capital, hundreds of opposition supporters in the early hours of November 10 stormed the government headquarters in Yerevan and parliament, ransacking offices and smashing windows in an outburst of anger.
Parliament Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan was injured in a mob attack and hospitalized, drawing a sharp rebuke from the government.
Earlier, thousands of angry demonstrators gathered in central Yerevan after Pashinian announced he had signed a Russian-brokered agreement to end six weeks of hostilities with Azerbaijan over the ethnic Armenian separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The backlash over the agreement came after 17 opposition parties issued a joint statement on November 9 calling for Pashinian’s resignation amid a series of military defeats suffered by Armenia-backed ethnic Armenian forces in the enclave fighting against Azerbaijan.
Among the parties that signed the statement were the main parliamentary opposition party, Prosperous Armenia, led by tycoon Gagik Tsarukian, the former ruling Republican Party of former President Serzh Sarkisian, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutiun).
In his comments following the night of chaos, Pashinian implied that corruption in previous governments was also to blame for the current situation.
"We must prepare for revenge. We haven’t dealt properly with the corrupt, oligarchic scoundrels, those who robbed this country, stole soldiers’ food, stole soldiers' weapons," said Pashinian, a reformist pressing an anti-corruption campaign who came to power in 2018 in the wake of mass popular protests.
"I call on citizens with dignity to be ready for us going after the rioters and their bosses, after the corrupt part of Dashnaktsutyun, after the robbers from the Republican Party, the Prosperous Armenia Party, the deserters from the Hayrenik party who left their combat positions and fled, and must be tried for desertion," he charged.
The trilateral agreement between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia to end fighting comes as Azerbaijani forces have made major battlefield gains in the six-week flare up of the decades-long conflict.
SEE ALSO:
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Russia-Brokered End To Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The agreement would see Azerbaijan keep territory in Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas captured during the conflict. It also calls for Armenian forces to hand over some areas they held outside the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Nagorno-Karabakh is recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but the ethnic Armenians who make up most of the population reject Azerbaijani rule.
They have been governing their own affairs, with support from Armenia, since Azerbaijan's troops were pushed out of the region in a war that ended in a cease-fire in 1994.
With reporting by RFE/RL's Armenian Service
RFE/RL's Armenian Service
RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, operating out of a bureau in Yerevan, is a leading source of trusted reporting and technical innovation, reaching outsized audiences when developments demand authoritative, up-to-the-minute news most.
RFE/RL's Armenian Service
RFE/RL’s Armenian Service, operating out of a bureau in Yerevan, is a leading source of trusted reporting and technical innovation, reaching outsized audiences when developments demand authoritative, up-to-the-minute news most.
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