Armenia’s Pashinyan signs a deal with Azerbaijan and Russia to end the Nagorno-Karabakh war
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Alaina
- . November 10, 2020
- . Update: November 11, 2020 4:45 am
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to end the battle in Nagorno-Karabakh immediately. In order to end the battle over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory the Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan along with leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia marked a ceasefire agreement.
The truce may end a six-week battle wherein Azerbaijan launched its biggest offensive in history to retake Nagorno-Karabakh and nearby regions under Armenian control. The battle started in Sept, thousands were executed and more than 100,000 uprooted in the most exceedingly terrible battling since the mid-1990s.
The announcement of the agreement ignited a political shockwave in the Armenian capital. Several people took to the streets and protested outside the government buildings after Armenian PM, Nikol Pashinyan, declared the “agonizing” truce deal on Tuesday.
The signing of the treaty took place between Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. As per the state news office TASS, there were announcements of a complete ceasefire and ending of all military actions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Tuesday.
Pashinyan stated that the agreement was very painful for him and the Armenian public. “The decision was taken after an in-depth analysis of the army situation and also the evaluation of the best professionals in the field,” he stated in a Facebook post. “I believe this is the most ideal solution for the prevailing situation, he added.
The Armenian PM’s declaration came after Azerbaijan pronounced that it had captured many settlements in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan said it had caught Shusha, referred to by Armenians as Shushi on Sunday. The city is regarded as the area’s capital by its ethnic Armenian settlement.
Putin stated that the Karabakh agreement will help resolve issues on a reasonable basis and in light of a legitimate concern for Armenian and Azerbaijani people. The Azerbaijani and Armenian armies in Karabakh will remain on positions.” Russian peacekeepers will be deployed along the edge in Nagorno-Karabakh, Putin added, as reported by Interfax.
Azerbaijan has always depended on firm support from Turkey. Toward the beginning of October, Turkish President Recep Erdogan adulated Azerbaijan’s “extraordinary action both to protect its own regions and to save the involved Karabakh”. Turkey will continue standing with Azerbaijan”, Erdogan added.
Turkey has solid military, economical, cultural, and semantic ties with Azerbaijan. Erdogan has stated that the two nations are “one country, two states”. Military ties have deepened notably in the course of recent years as the oil-and gas-rich state spent intensely to increase military supremacy over Armenia. Political analysts state that Turkey’s steadfast support of Azerbaijan in this battle has played a critical part in what is known as the most serious conflict since the 1990s and uncovers insights into Ankara’s more extensive interest in the locale.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is essential for Azerbaijan, however, its majority of the population consists of Armenian. As the Soviet Union saw expanding pressures in its constituent republics during the 1980s, Nagorno-Karabakh cast a ballot to become part of Armenia – causing a war that halted with a truce in 1994.
From that point forward, Nagorno-Karabakh has remained some portion of Azerbaijan however is controlled by ethnic Armenians that are supported by the Armenian regime. Negotiations over many years, tried by many world powers, couldn’t ever reach a ceasefire. The disputed region has been heavily influenced by ethnic Armenian powers supported by Armenia since 1994.
Armenia has a Christian majority while oil-rich Azerbaijan has a Muslim majority. Turkey has close connections to Azerbaijan, while Russia has close ties to Armenia, although it also has great relations with Azerbaijan. Turkey has helped and trained the Azerbaijani military and provided them with drones and missile systems. Meanwhile, Russia has a defense agreement with Armenia and an army base there.
Armenian and Azerbaijani armies have been in war for about a month and a half over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Meanwhile, following the historic signing of the agreement, the two sides will maintain their present regional positions according to the truce. Putin asserted in a statement on Tuesday that he hopes the settlement “will compel vital conditions for full-scale settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis”.
