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Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire: What was Russia's role?
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9/20/2023
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to go back to our top story now, and that's, of course, the ceasefire that has been reached
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in Nagorno-Karabakh, one that was negotiated by Russian peacekeepers.
00:11
We go across to our correspondent, Khashish Genti.
00:14
We've reestablished that connection for you.
00:16
Khashish, let's talk about the role Russia has played in all of this, because we have
00:21
comments coming in from the Russian President Vladimir Putin, where he's saying that he
00:25
is in contact with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
00:32
But Russia has been accused by Armenia in the past of not paying enough attention to
00:38
the conflict.
00:39
Yeah, this is a really difficult situation, and there are many layers to understand what's
00:45
going on, or to try to understand, and we don't have the final solution on that.
00:51
We know that Russia certainly played a role today to try to break this ceasefire, and
00:57
nobody denies it, so we can believe it is true.
01:00
But indeed, in the last weeks especially, but even the last, I would say, two years,
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the Armenian side especially accused Russia, which is the Armenian strategic partner, to
01:12
not do enough, to never oppose to the use of force by Azerbaijan.
01:17
For example, when last December Azerbaijan decided to impose a blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh,
01:23
especially by closing the corridor of Lachin, which according to the ceasefire document
01:32
which was signed back in 2020, it was under Russian responsibility.
01:38
And Russia didn't manage to do anything, or didn't want to do it.
01:41
So this is why there is a big resentment today, nowadays, in Armenia.
01:46
For example, yesterday there was a demonstration in front of the Russian embassy to say how
01:51
they are unhappy with the Russians' behavior in this standoff between Baku and Yerevan.
02:00
Regis, officials in Yerevan said they were not involved in the ceasefire talks.
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Can we assume that they will not be present tomorrow when these Armenian separatists meet
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with officials from Azerbaijan?
02:14
Indeed, they won't be present, that's for sure.
02:19
The diplomatic position taken by Armenia since at least one or two years now is that the
02:27
question of Karabakh now belongs only to people from Karabakh.
02:30
So this is a question between, let's say, Stepanakert and Baku.
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And Armenia doesn't want to be involved in this, and they split it.
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So this is why they won't be present.
02:41
Then there is a fear also, because back in May 2021, for example, the Azerbaijani forces
02:49
went inside the territory of the Republic of Armenia.
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And the last thing that Armenia wants is to be involved in a war with Azerbaijan.
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